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Council approves a package of procurement items: police tablets, JAG‑funded training walls, and bid extensions
Summary
Finance and full council approved multiple procurement items and bid amendments including a $160,000 tire/recapping award, $70,000 for police rugged tablets, a $67,195 JAG‑funded inflatable training system, and extensions to Motorola accessories and radar calibration contracts.
The Warwick Council and standing committees approved a set of procurement items and contract amendments affecting police and public works operations.
Public Works recommended awarding the tire repairs and recapping bid to Pete's Tire Barns and Sullivan Tire for $160,000 for a one‑year term; the city's purchasing staff said last year's expenditure on the line was $133,067.22. "It's budgeted at $160,000," Finance staff said when asked why the authority was higher than last year's spend.
The police department sought $70,000 in spending authority for rugged Windows tablets, related mounts, cables and antennas after receiving three bids and recommending splitting awards among Tech Advanced Computers, Whaley Computer Associates and Newcom Wireless. The department said it expects to replace about 20 aging tablets and install units in some newly approved vehicles.
The council also approved purchase of a sole‑source inflatable 'air wall' tactical training system for the department at $67,195, funded through a JAG grant. Major Robert Hart said the system "will allow for realistic training, preplanning scenarios" and can withstand simunition rounds; he also told the council the JAG award had roughly $22,000 remaining after the purchase.
Separately, the council amended and approved two vendor extensions: a Motorola two‑way radio accessories bid was extended to a two‑year term with authority increased from $25,000 to $50,000, and an existing radar calibration contract was extended to three years with total authority increased from $7,000 per year to $21,000 for the extended term.
Committee members asked standard procurement questions — vendor outreach, sole‑source justification, warranty for the inflatable walls and whether equipment could be reused in new vehicles — and purchasing staff and department heads provided answers on record. All amended procurement items were approved by the committee and the full council as presented.
