STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Public Safety
AGENDA DATE: April 10, 2024
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S): All
DEPARTMENT: Office of Emergency Management
EXECUTIVE: Jon Fortune
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SUBJECT
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Authorize a service contract Cooperative Purchasing Agreement with IEM International, Inc. (a corporation f/k/a Innovative Emergency Management, Inc., whose amended name was executed by the Texas Secretary of State on February 12, 2024), through the Houston-Galveston Area Council Cooperative Agreement Contract No. 7264, which was executed between Innovative Emergency Management, Inc., and the Houston-Galveston Area Council, and which Cooperative Purchasing Agreement contract has been approved as to form by the City Attorney, for the purpose of evaluating to evaluate the City's Continuity of Operations Program's current capabilities, conducting a and gap analysis within the Continuity of Operations Program's current processes, presenting solutions for any such identified gaps, presenting recommendations for identification, enhancements to the City's Continuity of Operations Program, identification,and developing an exhaustive training development project for the City to utilize when training City departments and employees with IEM International, Inc. f/k/a Innovative Emergency Management, Inc. through the Houston-Galveston Area Council Governments cooperative agreement - Not to exceed $109,916.00 - Financing: 2022 Homeland Security - Urban Area Security Initiative 23-25 Fund
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BACKGROUND
During In 2014, the City awarded a contract to Tidal Basin Government Consulting, LLC ("Tidal Basin"), whereby Tidal Basin interviewed each department within the City and then to interview departments and developed their an individual Continuity of Operations Plans ("COOP") for each department, based upon the specific needs of each respective City department. Following a City Audit of the COOP Programs in 2018, several deficiencies were not...
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