TO: AC Transit Board of Directors
FROM: Michael A. Hursh, General Manager/Chief Executive Officer
SUBJECT: Security Services Contract
ACTION ITEM
AGENDA PLANNING REQUEST: ?
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
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Consider approving award of a facility security services contract to American Guard Services (AGS) with an initial base period of five (5) years with two (2) twenty-four (24) month options to extend the contract, up to a cumulative maximum term of nine (9) years.
Staff Contact:
Salvador Llamas, Chief Operating Officer
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STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE:
Goal - Safe and Secure Operations
Initiative - Service Quality
Unarmed security guards provide a vital service to ensure District properties and assets are monitored and protected on a daily basis. Contracted security services support the District's goal of providing safe and secure operations.
BUDGETARY/FISCAL IMPACT:
The fiscal impact of the facility security contract was included in the Board approved 2023 operating budget. The cost of the five-year contract is still under negotiations, but the District expects to pay about $18,260,000 over a 5-year initial term for these services.
BACKGROUND/RATIONALE:
The District utilizes a security services contractor to provide unarmed uniformed security guards to help ensure properties are safe and secure. This contractor is required to provide trained, unarmed security guards for the location and hours specified by the District, and regular reporting regarding incidents and performance. Security personnel are required to be equipped with the proper communications, electronics, and other equipment as needed to perform their job. These security guards are required to act on observed offenses by removing any disruptive person by citizen's arrest, or by calling the Alameda or Contra Costa County Sheriff's Office to report a crime, depending upon the site of the offense. Such activities will be coordinated with the Operations Control Center (OCC) and in cooperati...
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