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Placer County approves fire-apparatus contract increase and three-year cybersecurity agreement
Summary
Board approved a $75,000 increase to a Smeal apparatus parts/repairs contract (raising the contract to $175,000) and authorized a three-year Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access agreement not to exceed $747,129 to continue county cybersecurity services; staff said the Smeal vendor is the only authorized Northern California dealer and change orders for Prisma Access would cover possible licensing additions only.
The Placer County Board of Supervisors on Feb. 17 approved two procurement items: an increase to a contract for Smeal fire apparatus parts and repairs and a new three-year cybersecurity agreement.
John Manning, the county's purchasing manager, asked the board to increase an existing contract with Kalmikov Enterprises, Inc., doing business as Fire Apparatus Solutions, by $75,000 to a total of $175,000 for Smeal parts and repairs (covering reconciled invoices and anticipated repair needs). Manning said Fire Apparatus Solutions is the only authorized Smeal dealer in Northern California and requested authority to renew the contract for two additional one-year periods and to allow change orders up to a specified annual cap. The board approved the requested increase after a public commenter asked for clarity about the board's ongoing visibility into departmental procurement.
County CISO Robert Lee presented a request to enter a three-year agreement with authorized reseller ePlus Technology for Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access cyber-protection, analytics and administration tools; the amount was not to exceed $747,129 for the March 1, 2026 to March 4, 2029 term. Board members asked whether change orders could include equipment; staff said change orders would likely be limited to additional software licensing features during the contract term. The board approved the agreement.
Each procurement item was moved and approved during the meeting with no recorded opposition in the public record.
