CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Approve the Award of the First One-Year Extension to Contract 13-053, Fire Alarm System Monitoring and Maintenance, to Chicago Metro Fire Prevention Co. (CMFP) in an amount not to exceed $260,000.
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DEPARTMENT: Fire Department
SUBMITTED BY: Mark Puknaitis, Fire Chief
BACKGROUND:
Approximately 1,500 of the 3,000 existing commercial and multi-family fire alarm systems within Naperville are monitored at the City's Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP). Approximately 1,300 fire alarm systems, including those within City-owned buildings, use wireless radio technology to transmit a fire signal to the Naperville PSAP and the remaining commercial and multi-family systems are tied to PSAP via telephone lines.
The administration of the fire alarm monitoring program is the responsibility of the Fire Department, which partners with CMFP to provide wireless radio installation and maintenance, wireless network maintenance, and maintenance on all head-end receiving equipment. Since CMFP provides direct service to customers on behalf of the city-owned life safety program, it is essential that the vendor have the capacity and experience to provide a level of service consistent with what customers would expect from the city itself.
Alarm monitoring customers currently pay a monthly rate of $50.38 directly to the City, which recovers hardware and alarm monitoring costs as well as overheads costs to provide the service. Overall, the program generates approximately $700,000 annually or approximately $400,000 net of direct contract costs. Additionally, because the City provides a fire alarm monitoring service, we do not have to use an outside vendor to monitor City buildings and Naperville Settlement fire alarm and burglar systems. This results in a savings to the City, based on our monthly monitoring rate of $50.38, of approximately $42,300 annually.
City Council approved the original award to CMFP on December 4, 2012...
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