Title
Additional Expenditures for Heart Monitors and Automatic Chest Compression Units - Coop PP-CA-269 (A) (Ordinance S-47216)
Description
Request to authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to allow additional expenditures under Contract 146903 with Stryker Sales Corporation, for the purchase of heart monitors and automatic chest compression units for the Fire Department. Further request authorization for the City Controller to disburse all funds related to this item. The additional expenditures will not exceed $3,000,000.
Report
Summary
The Heart Monitors and Automatic Chest Compression Units contract provides PFD's staff essential medical equipment for their use while providing emergency Advance Life Support (ALS) to the community. The heart monitors are on all Fire apparatus and deliver life saving energy and diagnostic information on patients experiencing cardiac emergencies. The units allow for hands-free cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). PFD is requesting additional funds for the purchase of new equipment needed to replace units damaged beyond repair, and to maintain annual software agreements on existing equipment for the remainder of the contract. The equipment is needed in life-saving situations by Fire Department staff on a daily basis.
Contract Term
The contract term is Feb. 1, 2018 through Jan. 31, 2023.
Financial Impact
Upon approval of $3,000,000 in additional funds, the revised aggregate value of the contract will not exceed $8,450,000. Funds are available in the Fire Department's budget.
Concurrence/Previous Council Action
The City Council approved the Heart Monitors and Automatic Chest Compression Units Contract 146903 on Jan. 24, 2018.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Deputy City Manager Jeff Barton and the Fire Department.