Title
One-Time Purchase of Ambulance (Ordinance S-45474)
Description
Request to authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to enter into a contract with Demers Ambulance USA, Inc. for purchase of an ambulance for the Phoenix Fire Department. This contract will have a one-time expenditure of $284,479. Further request authorization for the City Controller to disburse all funds related to this item.
Report
Summary
The Public Works Department seeks to purchase a new Demers ambulance on behalf of the Fire Department to be used by Fire Station 55 for emergency response purposes. This ambulance is vital in responding to residents and other emergencies throughout the City and is essential to the safety, health and well-being of City residents.
Procurement Information
In accordance with Administrative Regulation 3.10, normal competition was waived as a result of a Determination Memo for alternative competition to use cooperative agreement AM10-18, Ambulances, Emergency Medical Services (EMS), and Other Special Service Vehicles awarded by Houston-Galveston Area Council (H-GAC) that began on Oct. 1, 2018.
Contract Term
This contract will begin upon City Council approval, for the one-time purchase of the ambulance.
Financial Impact
Expenditures will not exceed $284,479 over the life of the contract. Funds are available in the Fire Department's Capital Improvement Program (CIP) budget using general obligation bond funds and/or development impact fee funds.
Location
Fire Station 55, 26700 N. 27th Ave.
Council District: 1
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Assistant City Manager Milton Dohoney, Jr., Deputy City Manager Karen Peters, and the Fire and Public Works departments.