Summary

This is a Notice of Intent to Award and supporting memorandum for Request for Proposals (RFP) No. DP-23-273 issued by the City of Long Beach's Financial Management/Purchasing Division for Mobile High-Power Public Address Speaker Upgrades. The RFP was released on July 18, 2023, and solicited proposals from qualified firms to upgrade mobile high-power public address speakers for the City of Long Beach. Two responsive proposals were received by the September 12, 2023 deadline. Both proposals met all mandatory requirements and were evaluated against four criteria: Organizational Capacity & Experience, Method of Approach, Communications & Reporting, and Reasonableness of Cost. Following a presentation and interview process conducted by a selection committee comprised of three staff members from the Department of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Communications, Alertus Technologies of Baltimore, Maryland was selected as the qualified firm. The Notice of Intent to Award was issued on November 28, 2023.

The memorandum from Francisco Soto, Disaster Preparedness Officer, to Michelle Wilson, Purchasing Agent, dated November 27, 2023, documents that Alertus Technologies submitted the proposal most responsive to the City's stated needs and provided an informative and impressive interview. The firm's proposed cost was determined to be reasonable in the context of the proposals received. This Notice of Intent to Award does not constitute a final award; the awarded vendor will receive a purchase order from the City of Long Beach, and no work shall commence without a signed purchase order.