File #: 26-00122    Version: 1
Type: Administrative Item Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 1/30/2026 In control: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
On agenda: 2/10/2026 Final action: 2/10/2026
Title: Consider recommendations regarding a Request for Waiver of Competition for Purchase of Uninterrupted Power Source (UPS) Batteries, as follows: a) Authorize the Purchasing Agent to procure replacement batteries for the UPS located in the Sheriff's Office Emergency Communications Center in the amount of $28,960.00 from Eaton Corporation/Ram-Tek as sole source procurement without being required to conduct a formal bid process; b) Approve Budget Revision Request No. 0010944 to transfer appropriations of $28,960.00 in Sheriff General Fund from Services and Supplies to Capital Assets for purchase of UPS battery replacement; and c) Determine this action is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 13578(b)(5), which are organizational or administrative activities of governments that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes to the environment.
Sponsors: SHERIFF-CORONER OFFICE
Attachments: 1. Board Letter, 2. Attachment A - BG111925 Santa Barbara Sheriff - Battery Replacement Proposal, 3. Attachment B - Santa Barbara Sheriff - Eaton Sole Source Letter - 2025, 4. Attachment C - Dispatch UPS BJE 0010944, 5. Attachment D - Eaton 2025 Renewal PO-SIGNED 4.29.25, 6. Minute Order

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Consider recommendations regarding a Request for Waiver of Competition for Purchase of Uninterrupted Power Source (UPS) Batteries, as follows:

 

a) Authorize the Purchasing Agent to procure replacement batteries for the UPS located in the Sheriff’s Office Emergency Communications Center in the amount of $28,960.00 from Eaton Corporation/Ram-Tek as sole source procurement without being required to conduct a formal bid process;

 

b) Approve Budget Revision Request No. 0010944 to transfer appropriations of $28,960.00 in Sheriff General Fund from Services and Supplies to Capital Assets for purchase of UPS battery replacement; and

 

c) Determine this action is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 13578(b)(5), which are organizational or administrative activities of governments that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes to the environment.