Homeland Security
The Arkansas Marketplace tool within ARBuy aids local Arkansas agencies in preventing, mitigating, responding to, and recovering from natural and manmade disasters by making available a wide range of statewide contracts for goods and services to combat potential threats.1
Homeland Security Contracts:
NASPO Public Safety Communication Equipment
Nurse Investigators
Police Vehicle Equipment
Emergency Response
Arkansas’s State Emergency Response Commission (SERC) has implemented a plan of action for each district throughout the state to develop and maintain resources and coordinate responses. Having an emergency response plan in place can save lives. The agencies tasked with carrying out these plans need to stay prepared in the event of an emergency, which is why ARBuy makes it easy to browse statewide emergency response-related contracts.2
Emergency Response Contracts:
AED EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES
Fire Protective Coveralls
Vaccines
Vaccines and Contraceptive Implant
School Safety
ARBuy helps to ensure that students, staff, and faculty at schools across the State of Arkansas are provided a safe environment. The Marketplace tool helps school districts shop statewide contracts that equip schools with the necessary tools and resources to protect students and school employees from potential threats.3
In addition, the Arkansas Department of Education takes proactive measures to protect the safety and security of all students, faculty, and staff. The department’s goal is to protect the health, safety, and welfare of school communities by providing direct support to Arkansas's schools with the goal of increasing their capacity to respond in the event of a crisis.4
School Safety Contracts:
Perimeter Monitoring
Ammunition
Armed Security Guard Services
Body Armor and Ballistic Resistant Products
Natural Disasters
Arkansas is known for the severe storms that roll through the state, often bringing with them lightning, hail, strong winds, and heavy rain. Local agencies must be prepared to mitigate the impact of these storms. ARBuy helps by making it easy for agencies to buy from statewide contracts that offer goods and services that help communities prepare and recover in the event of a natural disaster.
Natural Disaster Contracts
Cadaver Transport
Cadaver Transport-Secondary
GENERATORS
PORTABLE TOILETS AND HANDWASH STATIONS
Statewide Infrastructure Consulting Services
Waste Disposal Services
Internet Security
The State of Arkansas’s Cyber Security Office serves as a focal point for standards and policies for the state’s cybersecurity and information technology efforts. The office leads and coordinates Arkansas’s cybersecurity efforts while protecting multiple governmental organizations from the cyber threats throughout the state. ARBuy supports these efforts by making statewide internet security contracts available for local agencies to purchase from.5,6
Internet Security Contacts
APC MANUFACTURED NCPI SOLUTIONS
Data Communications Products and Services
ELECTRICAL, COMMUNICATIONS, AND SECURITY PRODUCTS
NASPO Data Communication Products & Services
NASPO VALUEPOINT DATA COMMUNICATIONS PRODUCTS & SERVICES
1. Homeland Security Jobs in Arkansas – AR | Degree and Training for Homeland Security Careers in Arkansas (homelandsecurityedu.org)
2. State Emergency Response Commission (SERC) - Arkansas Department of Public Safety
3. Arkansas | SchoolSafety.gov
4. Home - Arkansas Safe Schools Association
5. Cyber Security - Arkansas Department of Public Safety
6. Cybersecurity - Arkansas Department of Transformation and Shared Services
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