MOTOROLA RADIOS - MOD

Board of County Commissioners · 2026-06-16 · resolution

This is a legislative matter for the Miami-Dade County Commission regarding a resolution to authorize additional expenditure authority for a contract with Motorola Solutions, Inc. The resolution was amended and passed by the Board of County Commissioners on 6/16/2026. The item was forwarded to the BCC with a favorable recommendation from the Intergovernmental and Economic Impact Committee on 3/11/2026. The total modified contract amount is $121,320,728.00, with an additional expenditure authority of $61,320,728.00 for Contract No. D-10253, Motorola Public Safety Radios and Capital Infrastructure, for multiple County departments. The contract expires on August 3, 2027. The departments and their allocations are: CITD $15,000,000, MDFR $81,595,728, MDCR $24,500,000, DEM $225,000. The MDCR requires replacement of approximately 2,800 aging radios. The MDFR request includes $17,200,000 for the Integrated Command and Communications Center (IC3), $6,706,866 for 24/7 communications system operations, $2,186,039 for maintenance and support services for Motorola APX NEXT radios and Visilink, $700,000 for equipment, and $127,823 for WAVE subscription costs. The vendor is Motorola Solutions, Inc., 500 West Monroe Street, Chicago, IL. The resolution was sponsored by Danielle Cohen Higgins and Roberto J. Gonzalez. The amended resolution was assigned Resolution No. R-539-26. Public comment included a representative of L3Harris stating that the radios cost $8,000 per unit, which was disputed by staff who stated the cost was $6,400 per unit. Commissioner Cohen Higgins expressed concern about the four-year wait for Corrections to receive radios under the 2022 contract. Vice Chairwoman Milian Orbis raised a pricing discrepancy, noting that dividing the Corrections Department's $21.9 million allocation by the 2,800 radios being purchased resulted in approximately $7,800 per unit. Commissioner Cohen Higgins noted the contract was set to expire in August 2027 and emphasized the importance of a competitive process. Commissioner Gonzalez asked about the necessity of standardized technology for public safety, and Mr. Palmer stated that interoperability of radios was paramount during any critical incident. Vice Chairwoman Milian Orbis and Commissioner Cohen Higgins requested that staff determine whether other radios could meet the needs of the CITD and Corrections before the matter reached the Board.