FIREFIGHTING EQUIPMENT

Safety and Health Committee · 2026-09-08 · resolution

Miami-Dade County legislative item File Number 261447 is a Resolution to establish Prequalification Pool No. EVN0038756 for Structural Firefighting Personal Protective Equipment (Group 4) in the amount of $15,000,000.00 for a five-year term for the Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Department. The item was introduced on 8/17/2026 and is scheduled for the Safety and Health Committee agenda on 10/6/2026 as item 8P. The resolution authorizes the County Mayor or designee to solicit pricing and award contracts up to the aggregate amount authorized by the Board, exercise all provisions of the solicitation documents and resulting contracts, and add vendors to the pool at any time subject to bi-annual Board ratification. Any contract award under the pool exceeding $5,000,000.00 must be ratified by the Board. The fiscal impact is $15,000,000 funded from the Fire District FY 2025-26 Adopted Budget, Volume 2, Page 76, Contractual Services. A solicitation was issued on February 17, 2026, and closed on March 19, 2026, with eight submittals received. Six vendors are recommended for inclusion in the pool: Advanced Emergency Services Training, Inc. dba AEST Fire & Safety (Laurinburg, NC), Fire Fighter One LLC (Sparta, NJ), Municipal Equipment Company, LLC (Orlando, FL), North America Fire Equipment Co., Inc. (Decatur, AL), Ten-8 Fire & Safety, LLC (Bradenton, FL), and Viking Life-Saving Equipment (America), Inc. (Medley, FL). Two vendors, MES Service Company, LLC and PGI, Inc., were not prequalified. The scope is countywide. The document does not state a specific street address, parcel, acreage, or number of units for a construction project. Public comment sentiment is not stated.