Item 133/2025
Final
City of Garden Grove
INTER-DEPARTMENT MEMORANDUM
To:
Lisa L. Kim From: Chief El-Farra
Dept:
City Manager Dept: Police
Date: 4/22/2025
Subject: Authorization for the issuance of a purchase order with Dooley Enterprises, Inc. for Police Department Ammunition. (Cost: $700,000)(Action Item)
OBJECTIVE
To seek City Council approval to authorize a purchase order with Dooley Enterprises, Inc. (Dooley) for the period July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2030, not to exceed $140,000 per year, for the purchase of training and duty ammunition for the Police Department.
BACKGROUND
Dooley Enterprises, Inc. is the sole Southern California distributor of Winchester training and duty ammunition. In May of 2020, City Council approved a purchase order with Dooley, which expires on June 30, 2025. The Police Department is now seeking approval to renew the purchase order for a five year term, through June 30, 2030.
DISCUSSION
It is important for police officers to train with the same ammunition they carry on-duty, and it is for this reason that the Department uses Winchester ammunition for its training needs.
The performance of the Winchester product is among the top in the indus try, and has been the Department’s choice of ammunition for nearly thirty years because of its quality and low failure rate.
The Police Department aims to standardize its equipment to ensure consistency and operational efficiency. Dooley Enterprise, Inc . is the exclusive distributor of Winchester ammunition. In accordance with Garden Grove Municipal Code Section 2.50.060(d), the procurement of this ammunition is exempt from the standard bidding procedures.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
The cost for Winchester duty and training ammunition for the Police Department in the amount of $140,000 per fiscal year will be incorporated and fully funded from the Department’s FY 2025-2030 operating budgets.
Item 133/2025
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Council:
Authorize the Finance Director to issue a five year purchase order, for the term July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2030, in the amount of $700,000 to Dooley Enterprises, Inc., for the purchase of Winchester duty and training ammunition.
ATTACHMENT(S)
1. Dooley Enterprises - Sole Source Vendor Letter