Primary Department: Purchasing
Primary Department Head/Elected Official: Kimberly J. Williams, JD
Secondary Department: Universal Services
Secondary Department Head/Elected Official: Sindhu Menon
Regular or Supplemental RCA: Regular RCA
Type of Request: Contract - Renewal
Project ID (if applicable): 230014
Vendor/Entity Legal Name (if applicable): E.F. Johnson Company
MWBE Contracted Goal (if applicable): 0%
MWBE Current Participation (if applicable): 0%
Justification for 0% MWBE Participation Goal: 0% - Drop Shipped
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Request Summary (Agenda Caption):
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Request for approval of a renewal option with E.F. Johnson Company for Public Safety Project 25 single and multi - band subscriber radios for Harris County for the period of December 5, 2026 - December 4, 2027, at a cost of $13,514,162 (230014), Justification for 0% MWBE Participation Goal: 0% - Drop Shipped.
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Background and Discussion:
On December 5, 2023, the County entered into an agreement with E.F. Johnson Company for public safety project 25 single and multi-band subscriber mobile and portable single/multi-band ratios for radio system for Harris County. Approval is now requested for the third renewal option with E.F. Johnson Company for the period of December 5, 2026 - December 4, 2027.
Expected Impact:
Approval of this renewal will enable the County to continue to fulfill requests for the single band and multi-band radios for public safety. These radios comply with the P25 phase two (2) standards as well as all of the features to match the current infrastructure, training, parts, programming methodologies, deployment and workflow. Project 25 (P25) is a suite of standards that enables interoperability among digital two-way land mobile radio communications products developed for public safety professionals.
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Prior Court Action (if any):
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12/5/2023 |
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Award and Agreement Execution |
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11/12/2024 |
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1st Renewal |
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12/18/2025 |
19 |
2nd Renewal |
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Precinct(s): Countywide
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Anticipated Court Date: 8/6/2026
Anticipated Implementation Date (if different from Court date): 12/5/2026
Emergency/Disaster Recovery Note: Not an emergency, disaster, or ARPA related item
Contact(s) name, title, department: Doug Cochrane (Sr. Manager - Public Safety Communications for Universal Services); Fatimata Ba (Asst. Director of 3rd Party Risk & Contract Compliance for Universal Services); Jorge Geronimo (Sr. Manager of Contract Compliance for Universal Services); Jose Camacho (Contract Manager (Purchasing)
Attachments (if applicable): Letter