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Joint resolution authorizing a five-year contract with Axon, Scottsdale, Arizona, for the purchase of tasers for the Lake County Sheriff’s Office in the total amount of $552,369.20.
Staff Summary
• The X26 tasers used by court and corrections officers will no longer be supported by Axon beginning March 2023. Axon has proposed a complete switch out of non-supported equipment and hosted digital media evidence for 150 tasers for five years.
• The X27 tasers included in this proposal are covered under a five-year warranty and includes instructor training, rechargeable batteries, duty and training cartridges, docking stations, and auto-download data similarly to the body-worn cameras.
• The Sheriff’s Office has separate contracts with Axon for body-worn cameras for the law enforcement division, corrections division, and for 150 in car cameras. These contracts all use Evidence.com and each user has a unique log-in. With this purchase, the Sheriff’s Office will have one platform and service provider going forward for body-worn cameras, T27 tasers, and in-car camera solutions.
• Pursuant to Section 33.115 of the Lake County Purchasing Ordinance, Cooperative Joint Purchasing Authorized, Lake County may participate in a cooperative purchasing agreement for the procurement of goods with one or more public procurement units in accordance with an agreement entered into between the participants.
• The Lake County Sheriff’s Office identified a joint purchasing contract with Axon through Sourcewell to procure tasers and the cloud-based solution, evidence.com that was competitively solicited and awarded. The final agreement is currently in final legal review and expected to be executed by February 28, 2023. The final award and order of equipment is contingent on receipt of a fully executed contract.
• The contract provides for new Axon tasers and hosting maintenance for the cloud enabled software in the estimated annual amount of $100,729.46 for the two through five of the contract will increase in price by 3.8 percent per year.
• This item was originally on the January 31, 2023 Law and Judicial Committee agenda, but was postponed to the February 7, 2023 meeting.
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RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Sheriff’s Office X26 taser models have reached their end of life support; and
WHEREAS, transitioning to the X27 model will include a 5-year warranty, instructor training, rechargeable batteries, duty and training cartridges, docking stations, and allows for automatic uploading of data into the digital solution, Evidence.com; and
WHEREAS, Evidence.com is the cloud-based storage system used for all body and in-car cameras. Each user has a unique log-in and the software allows for easy data sharing with the SAO; and
WHEREAS, The Sheriff’s Office has separate contracts with Axon for body-worn cameras for the law enforcement division, corrections division, and 150 in car cameras. The Axon tasers meet all the Lake County Sheriff’s Office requirements; and
WHEREAS, Axon has proposed a complete switch out of all unsupported equipment and hosted digital media evidence for five years; and
WHEREAS, Pursuant to Article Section 33.115 of the Lake County Purchasing Ordinance, Cooperative Joint Purchasing Authorized, Lake County may participate in a cooperative purchasing agreement for the procurement of goods with one or more public procurement units in accordance with an agreement entered into between the participants; and
WHEREAS, The Lake County Sheriff’s Office identified a joint purchasing contract with Axon through Sourcewell to procure body-worn cameras and the cloud based solution, evidence.com that was competitively solicited; and
WHEREAS, The Sheriff’s Office will have one platform and service provider going forward for all body-worn cameras, T27 tasers, and in-car camera solutions; and
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by this Lake County Board, that the Purchasing Agent is authorized to enter into a contract with Axon, Scottsdale, Arizona, for the purchase of tasers for the Lake County Sheriff’s Office in the amount of $552,369.20, or $100,729.46 for the first year and 3.8 percent increases from year two through five.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED the final Sourcewell agreement is currently in final legal review and expected to be executed by February 28, 2023. The final award and order of equipment is contingent on receipt of a fully executed contract.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on February 21, 2023.