Title
Fire Department Medical Direction (Ordinance S-46583)
Description
Request authorization for the City Manager, or his designee, to enter into a contract with International Medical Direction, LLC for the provision of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Medical Direction and related services for the Fire Department’s EMS Program. Authorization is also requested for the City Controller to disburse funds.
Report
Summary
The Phoenix Fire Department (PFD) is required to have medical direction for the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) program including its Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) and Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedic (EMT-P) programs.
The Medical Director is responsible for: establishing the overall medical direction for patient care in accordance with state rules and regulations; establishing standards for basic and advanced training; providing continuing education programs for all EMS personnel; establishing appropriate medical protocols for all operational phases of the basic and advanced life support programs; and establishing policy on the selection and use of medications, supplies and medical equipment in coordination with the Fire Department.
The Medical Director is also responsible for the management and coordination of online direction to PFD paramedics and for providing oversight to other physicians that may be used to provide medical direction to PFD paramedics while they are working in the field.
In addition, the State of Arizona requires that any agency that provides medical transport to patients (to the hospital) must have medical direction services. Only then can an agency such as Phoenix Fire receive a “certificate of necessity” from the State and provide emergency transportation (ambulance) services.
Procurement Information
RFP 19-F01 was conducted in accordance with Administrative Regulation 3.10. Two offers were received by the Fire Department on January 17, 2020. One offer was deemed non-responsive. The offer submitted by International Medical Direction, LLC was evaluated and deemed to be fair and reasonable based on the evaluation criteria presented in the RFP and the Fire Department's review of previous contract pricing data.
Contract Term
The term of this Agreement is July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2025.
Financial Impact
The total contract cost is up to $2,022,139 including physician’s expenses and on-line medical direction for the Paramedic program. Funds for this service are included in the Fire Department's operating budget.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Assistant City Manager Milton Dohoney, Jr. and the Fire Department.