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Corruption in the Urban Areas Security Initiative Training Services?

by Lynda Carson (tenantsrule [at] yahoo.com )
The Alameda County Sheriff's Office requested the Alameda County Board of Supervisors to approve and authorize the Purchasing Agent to execute the fully negotiated contracts for Master Contract No. 900926, with the following pool of vendors, to provide Urban Areas Security Initiative (UASI) training services for the Alameda County Sheriff's Office (ACSO) at an estimated total pool amount of $2,300,000.
Corruption in the Urban Areas Security Initiative Training Services?

By Lynda Carson - September 19, 2014

Oakland - According to a December 30, 2011, public records document, the Alameda County Sheriff's Office requested that the Alameda County Board of Supervisors voted to approve a proposal to award $2,300,000 in contracts for the Urban Areas Security Initiative (UASI) Training Services.

The Urban Areas Security Initiative (UASI) is connected to the Urban Shield militarized training events taking place in Oakland since 2007, when Urban Shield was turned into a money making venture when the Alameda County Board of Supervisors voted to authorize the Alameda County Sheriff's Office to accept cash sponsorship funds from individuals and corporations to support the militarized training events Urban Shield provided. Additionally, the Alameda County Board of Supervisors voted to allow James Lester Baker and the Cytel Group, LLC to promote all Urban Shield events locally, across the country, and abroad. However, the Cytel Group, LLC is not registered with the Secretary of State in California as a legal entity, or limited liability corporation.

The $2,300,000 being awarded comes from the Urban Areas Security Initiative (UASI) program that allocates $500.4 million in federal dollars to enhance regional preparedness in major metropolitan areas throughout the country. The UASI program directly supports expanding regional collaboration and is meant to assist participants in their creation of regional systems for prevention, protection, response, and recovery. Additionally, in correspondence with the 9/11 Act, states are required to ensure that at least 25 percent of appropriated funding is dedicated to terrorism prevention planning, organization, training, exercise, and equipment.

The Alameda County Sheriff's Office requested the Alameda County Board of Supervisors to approve and authorize the Purchasing Agent to execute the fully negotiated contracts for Master Contract No. 900926, with the following pool of vendors, to provide Urban Areas Security Initiative (UASI) training services for the Alameda County Sheriff's Office (ACSO) at an estimated total pool amount of $2,300,000.

1) AlphaTRAC, Inc. (Brian Martinez, Controller), Westminster, CO, Procurement Contract #7187 ;

2) Citygate Associates LLC (David C. DeRoos, President), Folsom, CA,ˇ Procurement Contract #7188;

3) Cytel Group LLC (James L. Baker), Castro Valley, CA, Procurement Contract #7189;

4) Fulcrum Concepts LLC (Thomas Di Tomasso, Vice President), Yorktown, VA, Procurement Contract #7190;

5) Incident Management Training Consortium, LLC (IMTC) (Geoffrey Wilfor~ Proj ect Manager), Oakhurst, CA, Procurement Contract #7191 ;

6) Northern California Rescue Training (NCRT) (Anthony Smerdel, Principal), San Francisco, CA, Procurement Contract #7192;

7) Plan A Solutions, Inc. (Vol Ranger, President), Ben Lomond, CA, Procurement Contract #7193;

8) Public Safety Training lnstitute (Mike E1erick, Executive Director), Auburn, CA, Procurement Contract #7194;

9) RDX, Inc. (Ernest Lorelli, President and CEO), Henderson, NY, Procurement Contract #7195;

10) RW Jones and Associates Emergency Response Training (Randall W. Jones, Owner), Riverbank, CA, Procurement Contract #7196;

11) Sabre Group LLC (Francis P Bowman, CEO), Chico, CA, Procurement Contract #7197;

12) Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) (David Honeycutt, Operations Contracts Manager), Oakland, CA, Procurement Contract #7198;

13) Security Solutions International (SSI) (Henry Morgenstern, President), Miami, FL, Procurement Contract #7199;

14) Tetra Tech EM, Inc. (George Whitney, Program Manager), Oakland, CA,ˇ Procurement Contract #7200;

15) Willdan Homeland Solutions (Jim Bailey, President and CEO), Dublin, CA, Procurement Contact #7201;

The term of this contract shall be for three years beginning approximately February 1, 2012 and ending on approximately January 31,2015, and by mutual agreement allows for options to renew for up to two additional one-year terms.

Out of the 15 corporations awarded contracts to provide Urban Areas Security Initiative (UASI) training services for the Alameda County Sheriff's Office (ACSO) at an estimated total pool amount of $2,300,000, ten of the corporations were not listed or registered as corporations, or legal entities allowed to do business in the State of California according to public records with the Secretary of State, or their status as corporations were not listed as being active.

Additionally, RDX, Inc. is not registered as a corporation or legal entity with the Secretary of State in New York, or in California.

RW Jones and Associates Emergency Response Training is not registered as a corporation or a legal entity with the Secretary of State in California.

Public Safety Training lnstitute is listed as a 501c3 charity nonprofit organization with the Internal Revenue Service, but the founder never bothered to incorporate Public Safety Training lnstitute in the State of California, and it is not registered with the Secretary of State in California, as a legal entity or corporation.

SECURITY SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL, INC. is registered as a corporation in the State of Florida, and their status is active, however there is no listing with the Secretary of State in California that says they are allowed to do business in the State of California.

Cytel Group, LLC is not registered as a limited liability corporation in California, and is not a legal entity in the State of California.

Fulcrum Concepts LLC, is registered as a limited liability corporation in the State of Virginia and their status is active, however they are not registered with the Secretary of State in California, as a corporation or legal entity that is allowed to do business in California.

AlphaTrac,Inc. is a corporation registered in Colorado and they are in good standing, however they are not registered with the Secretary of State in California, as a corporation or legal entity that is allowed to do business in California.

Tetra Tech EM, Inc. is registered in the State of Delaware, but their status is listed as "surrender", and this corporation is not registered with the Secretary of State in California as a corporation or legal entity that is allowed to do business in California.

Science Applications International Corporation was not even registered as a corporation until 5/1/2013, however the contract award was approved by the Alameda County Board of Supervisors on January 24, 2012, meaning that they did not incorporate as a corporation until well after they were awarded the contract. They were incorporated in Delaware, and they are not registered as a corporation or a legal entity allowed to do business in the State of California.

The Sabre Group, LLC is registered with the Secretary of State in California, but their status as a corporation is cancelled.

Plan A Solutions, Inc. is registered with the Secretary of State in California, but their status is dissolved.

The contract award requested by the Alameda County Sheriff's Office on December 30, 2011, was approved by the Alameda County Board of Supervisors on January 24, 2012, for a proposal to award $2,300,000 in contracts for Urban Areas Security Initiative (UASI) Training Services to the above mentioned corporations, including the corporations whose status is currently cancelled, dissolved, or surrendered, and may not be legal entities allowed to do business in the State of California.

The term of the contracts that were awarded to the above named corporations shall be for three years beginning approximately on February 1, 2012, and shall end on approximately January 31, 2015, and by mutual agreement allows for options to renew for up to two additional one year terms.

Lynda Carson may be reached at tenantsrule [at] yahoo.com

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