Oct. 13, 2010
Motorola Makes Last Minute Huntington Police Radio Proposal
By Tony Rutherford
Huntingtonnews.net Reporter
Huntington, WV (HNN) – Approval of a $417,000 contract to purchase Kenwood radios for use on the WVIRP Interoperable Radio System has been withdrawn from Huntington City Council consideration. Police Chief Skip Holbrook asked council members to table the decision due to a last minute Motorola proposal.
During a hearing of the Public Safety Committee last week, $91,000 separated the two brands. However, the Cabell County Sheriff’s Department has expressed a preference for Motorola and the Barboursville Police Department has asked for Kenwood. At that meeting, the issue had been declared “moot.”
As a result of the newly received proposal, the package may now be re-bid locally incorporating the desires of the co-operating departments, which would lead to a mixture of brands, explained Lt. Mike Albers following the council meeting. “We’re going to buy some of both,” Lt. Albers said.
“Competition is a very good thing for the consumer. [Motorola] has brought forth a proposal that we will have to consider and determine if it might be in our best interest to put it out for bid,” Albers said.
The newly received offer from Motorola has “numbers floating around” that are below the state contract price, Albers said. “We were told we weren’t going to get any better.”
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Motorola Makes Last Minute Huntington Police Radio Proposal
By Tony Rutherford
Huntingtonnews.net Reporter
Huntington, WV (HNN) – Approval of a $417,000 contract to purchase Kenwood radios for use on the WVIRP Interoperable Radio System has been withdrawn from Huntington City Council consideration. Police Chief Skip Holbrook asked council members to table the decision due to a last minute Motorola proposal.
During a hearing of the Public Safety Committee last week, $91,000 separated the two brands. However, the Cabell County Sheriff’s Department has expressed a preference for Motorola and the Barboursville Police Department has asked for Kenwood. At that meeting, the issue had been declared “moot.”
As a result of the newly received proposal, the package may now be re-bid locally incorporating the desires of the co-operating departments, which would lead to a mixture of brands, explained Lt. Mike Albers following the council meeting. “We’re going to buy some of both,” Lt. Albers said.
“Competition is a very good thing for the consumer. [Motorola] has brought forth a proposal that we will have to consider and determine if it might be in our best interest to put it out for bid,” Albers said.
The newly received offer from Motorola has “numbers floating around” that are below the state contract price, Albers said. “We were told we weren’t going to get any better.”
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