Explanation
BACKGROUND: This ordinance authorizes the Director of Public Safety to enter into a subscription contract with RQI Partners LLC in the amount of $124,840.00 for the Division of Fire's continuing Resuscitation Quality Improvement Program subscription. The Columbus Fire Division has a need to continue it's subscription to RQI Partners LLC's Resuscitation Quality Improvement Program to manage the division's paramedic CPR certifications and associated training. This program will continue to assist the Columbus Fire Division in managing the CPR certifications of personnel using American Heart Association (AHA) training/certification professionals and portable simulation stations of evaluation. This program provides immediate feedback to improve performance, communicates metrics via tracking software that measures success, and will reduce the division's reliance on costly in-classroom recertification that causes overtime for the backfilling of personnel.
CONTRACT COMPLIANCE: RQI Partners LLC #83-0935798 ~ Vendor 029843
EMERGENCY DESIGNATION: Emergency action is requested in order to renew this important training subscription program immediately.
FISCAL IMPACT: This ordinance authorizes an expenditure of $124,840.00 from the General Fund, where the expense for this subscription contract between the Columbus Division of Fire and RQI Partners LLC, is budgeted. The Division of Fire expended $118,360.20 in 2021 and 2020 for this subscription.
Title
To authorize the Public Safety Director to modify a subscription contract with RQI Partners LLC for Resuscitation Quality Improvement (RQI) for the Division of Fire; to authorize the expenditure of $124,840.00 from the General Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($124,840.00)
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WHEREAS, the Columbus Division of Fire has a need to enter into a contract with RQI Partners LLC for a subscription to their Resuscitation Quality Improvement Program (RQI) which will manage the Division's paramedic CPR certifi...
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