REPORT/RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
AND RECORD OF ACTION
June 11, 2024
FROM
SHANNON D. DICUS, Sheriff/Coroner/Public Administrator
SUBJECT
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Purchase of Breath Alcohol Testing Instruments and Accessories
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RECOMMENDATION(S)
Recommendation
Authorize the Purchasing Agent to issue Purchase Orders to Intoximeters, Inc., for the following breath alcohol testing instruments and accessories:
1. 46 Intox EC/IR II instruments in an amount not to exceed $521,000.
2. 45 Alco-Sensor VXL Point of Arrest instruments in an amount not to exceed $188,000.
(Presenter: Kelly Welty, Chief Deputy Director, 387-3760)
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COUNTY AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER GOALS & OBJECTIVES
Operate in a Fiscally-Responsible and Business-Like Manner.
Provide for the Safety, Health and Social Service Needs of County Residents.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
Approval of this item will not result in the use of Discretionary General Funding (Net County Cost). The expense for breath alcohol testing instruments and accessories in the total aggregate amount of $709,000 is included in the Sheriff/Coroner/Public Administrator's (Department) 2023-24 budget.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
The Department's Scientific Investigations Division (SID) provides accredited laboratory services to all law enforcement agencies in the County. SID's Forensic Alcohol Unit (FAU) is responsible for detecting, quantifying, and interpreting blood and breath samples for alcohol, the latter obtained using Evidential Breath Alcohol Testing (EBT) instruments, and provides accurate and reliable alcohol analysis to determine the concentration of alcohol in blood samples for Driving Under the Influence (DUI) cases.
The desktop Intox EC/IR II and the portable Alco-Sensor VXL Point of Arrest (POA) are EBT instruments that will replace units currently used by the Department that have reached their useful life expectancy, which utilize Intoximeters, Inc.'s (Intoximeters) fuel cell sen...
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