Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Safety to waive the competitive bidding provisions of the Columbus Code and enter into a contract with MED 3000, Inc. for EMS billing, collection, and reporting services as needed for the Division of Fire's Third Party EMS Reimbursement Program.
The City of Columbus contracts for the billing, collection, and reporting of those who are transported to hospitals by Columbus Fire Division EMS personnel for emergency medical care. These billing, collection, and reporting services commenced in 2003, and have since generated a multitude of patient care information used by Columbus Fire to better prepare EMS response protocols and, in turn, respond to City of Columbus citizens in a more effective manner.
The City's original contract with MED 3000 Inc. was for three years with additional extension of up to two years. The Safety Director now seeks approval to waive the formal competitive bidding provisions of the Columbus City Code and enter into a new contract with MED 3000 to continue EMS services for the citizens of Columbus. The company has performed exceptionally in terms of both billing and capturing of data for patient quality review. Waiving competitive bidding will ensure that the City continues to garner uninterrupted revenues, forgo retraining of firefighters on new computer hardware and software, forgo the installation of docking stations, continue customized patient quality review, and reap better savings by negotiating to pay the vendor less of a percentage of revenues received.
Contract Compliance: The contract compliance number for MED 3000 Inc. is 251837785, expires 04/02/2014
Emergency Designation: Emergency action is requested so that EMS billing, collection and reporting services can continue without interruption.
FISCAL IMPACT: This ordinance authorizes an expenditure of $400,000.00 from the General Fund to enter into contract for the first three mon...
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