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An Ordinance approving a cooperative agreement between the City of Lee's Summit, Missouri and ICOR Technology Inc. for the purchase of the ICOR Technology’s Caliber Flex Explosives Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Robot and accessories, and authorizing the City Manager to execute the same of on behalf the City. (F&BC 6/5/23)
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Issue/Request:
An Ordinance approving an agreement between the City of Lee's Summit, Missouri and ICOR Technology for the purchase of the ICOR Technology’s Caliber Flex Explosives Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Robot and accessories, and authorizing the City Manager to execute the same of on behalf the City.
Key Issues:
1. The Lee’s Summit Police Department Bomb Squad part of a Kansas City Urban Area regionally enhanced explosive ordnance disposal team and they must maintain advanced training and specialized equipment to conduct render safe techniques and post blast investigations. One gap in our current capability is the ability to respond to an incident that requires a larger platform robot equipped with robotic arms.
2. The existing large platform EOD Robot utilized by the Lee’s Summit Police Department has reached its end of life and the technology is antiquated. It will no longer be supported by the manufacturer, REMOTEC. The parts that frequently break cannot be replaced, are difficult to find, and can be expensive to purchase due to the lack of availability.
3. The EOD Robot is one of the main tools deployed by Bomb Technicians during calls for service. Most responses to a bomb or bombing call requires the deployment of a remotely operated robot unit. These tools greatly enhance the bomb technician’s safety by minimizing the time a bomb technician is required to be exposed to a suspect device.
4. Replacing the large platform robot will continue to provide the bomb technician with multiple capabilities, improve a bomb squad’s efficiency and decreases the time bomb squads are on calls.
5. Replacing the large platform robot will ensur...
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