Title
Paramedic Textbooks and Dictionaries - IFB 18-088 - Amendment (Ordinance S-49951)
Description
Request to authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to execute amendments to Contract 148191 and Contract 148192 with Complete Book and Media Supply, LLC, and Jones & Bartlett Learning, LLC, to extend the terms of the contracts. Further request to authorize the City Controller to disburse all funds related to this item. The additional expenditures will not exceed $100,000.
Report
Summary
These contracts will provide a wide variety of paramedic textbooks for the Fire Department used to train firefighters to become Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) and Advanced Life Support (ALS) certified. The training is needed for the Fire Department to provide immediate emergency response to medical situations.
Contract Term
Upon approval, the contracts will be extended through June 30, 2024, with an option to extend through June 30, 2025.
Financial Impact
Upon approval of $100,000 in additional funds, the revised aggregate value of the contracts will not exceed $458,963. Funds are available in the Fire Department’s budget.
Concurrence/Previous Council Action
The City Council previously reviewed this request:
• Paramedic Textbooks and Dictionaries Contract 148191 and Contract 148192 (Ordinance S-44867) on July 5, 2018.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Assistant City Manager Lori Bays and the Fire Department.