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File #: 23-1477   
Type: Ordinance-S Status: Adopted
Meeting Body: City Council Formal Meeting
On agenda: 6/28/2023 Final action: 6/28/2023
Title: Paramedic Textbooks and Dictionaries - IFB 18-088 - Amendment (Ordinance S-49951)
District: Citywide

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.