City · Public-safety technology
Bakersfield
Public-safety technology contracts the Bakersfield City Council took up since 2022. All Bakersfield meetings.
Extracted automatically — check the source. These rows were read out of the cities' own agendas, staff reports and minutes by a language model (claude-haiku-5-5/v3) on 2026-10-19. Each amount links to the passage it came from and each row to the city's original file, which is the official record. Rows marked check had a problem the checks caught.
16actions
12vendors
$7,572,768approved (recorded vote)
$3,179,100proposed, no vote in the index
Dollar totals add the amount each action states: an amendment's new total can repeat an earlier award, and annual amounts are counted once. Use them as a rough size, the rows for detail.
Actions
| Date | Vendor | Item | Action | Amount | Outcome | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-07 | Carahsoft Technology | Purchase of Cellebrite Inseyets subscription renewal for the Police Department Forensics and analytics | Cooperative purchase | $150,000 not to exceed | No vote recorded | staff report · agenda · agenda · minutes · minutes |
| 2026-09-16 | Magnet Forensics | Agreement with Magnet Forensics LLC (not to exceed $195,000) for GrayKey Software, a data extraction forensic tool. check Forensics and analytics | Award | $195,000 not to exceed | No vote recorded | staff report · staff report · agenda · agenda · agenda |
| 2026-06-24 | Axon Enterprise | Amendment No. 2 to Agreement No. 2024-299 with Axon Enterprise, Inc. ($672,678.28; revised not to exceed $3,653,697.35), for a body worn camera system for the B check Bundles | Amendment | $3,653,697 not to exceed | Continued | staff report · staff report · staff report · staff report · agenda |
| 2026-05-27 | Motorola Solutions | Agreement with Motorola Solutions Inc., (not to exceed $100,000 for their Investigative LPR Applications for the Bakersfield Police Department check License plate readers | Award | $100,100 | No vote recorded | staff report · agenda · minutes · city original |
| 2025-11-19 | Carahsoft Technology | Dispense with bidding for the purchase of Cellebrite Inseyets subscription renewal for the Police Department Forensics and analytics | Cooperative purchase | $134,892 | Approved | staff report · staff report · staff report · agenda · agenda |
| 2025-11-19 | Cellebrite DI | Reject bids for Cellebrite Inseyets® Annual Subscription Renewal for the Police Department Forensics and analytics | Rejected | — | Approved Motion approved with Councilmember Weir absent. | staff report · agenda · agenda · minutes · minutes |
| 2025-10-22 | Magnet Forensics | Amendment No. 1 to Agreement No. 2024-254 with Magnet Forensics, LLC (revised not to exceed $111,500, and extend term 1 year) for GrayKey Software, a data extra Forensics and analytics | Amendment | $111,500 not to exceed | Approved | staff report · staff report · agenda · agenda · minutes |
| 2025-08-13 | Constant Technologies | Resolution finding RTIC design, management and equipment can only be obtained from one vendor, Constant Technologies, Inc.; authorizing Finance Director to disp Surveillance cameras | Sole-source award | — | No vote recorded | agenda · minutes · city original |
| 2025-06-11 | Bearcloud | Dispense with bidding for the purchase of Bear Cloud Cameras for the Recreation and Parks Department; Agreement with BEARCLOUD, Inc. (not to exceed $300,000) fo Surveillance cameras | Cooperative purchase | $300,000 not to exceed | No vote recorded | staff report · staff report · staff report · agenda · agenda |
| 2025-06-11 | Axon Enterprise | Amendment No. 1 to Agreement No. 2024-299 with Axon Enterprise, Inc. for a body worn camera system for the Bakersfield Police Department check Body and in-car cameras | Amendment | $4,326,376 not to exceed | Approved Motion approved with Councilmembers Arias and Weir absent. | staff report · staff report · staff report · staff report · agenda |
| 2025-05-28 | Flock Safety | Amendment No. 1 to Agreement No. 2024-204 with Flock Group Inc. (not to exceed $3,000,000 and purchase of additional equipment and video integration gateway), f check License plate readers | Amendment | $3,000,000 not to exceed | Approved Motion approved with Vice Mayor Kaur absent. | staff report · staff report · agenda · agenda · agenda |
| 2025-05-28 | Bear Cloud | Independent Contractor's Agreement – Bear Cloud Camera Install (Verkada cameras) – excerpt of contract terms Surveillance cameras | Award | $300,000 not to exceed | No vote recorded | staff report · agenda · city original |
| 2025-01-08 | Peregrine | Resolution and Agreement with Peregrine Technologies not to exceed $1,518,000 - Data Centralizing Services check Forensics and analytics | Sole-source award | $1,518,000 not to exceed | No vote recorded | staff report · agenda · minutes · city original |
| 2025-01-08 | Peregrine | Peregrine Technologies, Inc. Customer Order Form & Scope of Services with Bakersfield Police Department (contract signature block and exhibits) check Forensics and analytics | Award | $276,000 per year | No vote recorded | staff report · agenda · minutes · city original |
| 2024-12-18 | XIT Solutions | Dispense with Bidding and Approve Agreement with XIT Inc. dba XIT Solutions for Verkada Camera Installation at Mechanics Bank Arena, Convention Center, and Thea Surveillance cameras | Cooperative purchase | $165,000 not to exceed | No vote recorded | agenda · minutes · other · city original |
| 2024-12-18 | Zencity Technologies US | Dispense with Bidding Resolution for Blockwise Platform for the Bakersfield Police Department. Forensics and analytics | Sole-source award | $175,000 not to exceed | No vote recorded | agenda · minutes · other · city original |