Title
To authorize and direct the Director of Public Safety to enter into various multiple-year contracts with Medtronic Emergency Response Systems for product support service and operating supplies for Medtronic LifePak defibrillator/monitor/pacemakers w/battery support systems; in accordance with sole source procurement provisions; to expend $225,000.00 from the General Fund, and to declare an emergency.($225,000.00)
Explanation
BACKGROUND:
Need: There is an immediate need to authorize and direct the Director of Public Safety to enter into various multiple-year contracts with Medtronic Emergency Response Systems for product support service and operating supplies for various models of LifePak defibrillators/monitors/pacemakers with battery support systems.
Bid Information: Medtronic is the sole provider of these supplies and services.
Contract Compliance: 91-0697691, expiring 02/18/08.
Emergency Designation: This legislation is to be declared an emergency measure due to it being imperative that these contracts be certified as soon as the legislative and contract certification processes allow so that product support and the usage of consumable supplies can continue uninterrupted.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Budgeted Amount: Funds exist within the Fire Division's 2008 General Fund Budget for this product and support expenditure. This legislation is contingent upon passage of the 2008 General Fund Operating Budget.
Body
WHEREAS, the Division of Fire carries Medtronic LifePak defibrillators/monitors/pacemakers on its Emergency Medical and first responder vehicles in order to assess and deal with cardiovascular emergencies; and
WHEREAS, this highly specialized and technical equipment requires service support, warranty work, and operating supplies as specified by and provided only by the manufacturer, Medtronic Emergency Response Systems; and
WHEREAS, this product support service has been provided in previous years solely by the manufacturer in order to adhere to warranty regulations and to insure that repairs were in accordance with the manufacturer's specifications; and
WHEREAS, for the aforementioned reasons, it is now necessary to enter into various multiple-year contracts with the manufacturer, Medtronic Emergency Response Systems, for continuing product support service and operating supplies for various models of LifePak defibrillators/monitors/pacemakers with battery support systems; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Division of Fire, Department of Public Safety, in that it is immediately necessary to enter into various multiple-year contracts for product support service for LifePak equipment used on Emergency Medical vehicles, in accordance with the provisions of Section 329.07(e) the Columbus City Codes, thereby preserving the public health, peace, property, safety and welfare; Now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS
Section 1. That the Director of Public Safety be and he is hereby authorized and directed to enter into various multiple-year contracts with Medtronic Emergency Response Systems for product support service and operating supplies for various models of LifePak defibrillators/monitors/pacemakers with battery support systems.
Section 2. That this Council finds it is in the best interest of the City of Columbus that this expenditure be in accordance with the provisions of Section 329.07(e), of the Columbus City Codes to permit the authorization to enter into various multiple-year contracts with Medtronic Emergency Response Systems for LifePak equipment product support service and operating supplies for the Division of Fire.
Section 3. That the expenditure of $225,000.00, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby authorized from the funds available within the Division of Fire #30-04, General Fund 010, OCA Code 301531 as follows:
· OL3 Code 2207, $175,000.00
· OL3 Code 3372, $50,000.00
Section 4. That for the reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure and shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval by the Mayor, or ten days after passage if the Mayor neither approves or vetoes the same.