Explanation
BACKGROUND: This ordinance authorizes the Director of Public Safety to renew and fund year two (2) of the existing two (2) year subscription contract with Laerdal Medical Corporation in the amount of $183,550.00 for the Division of Fire's Resuscitation Quality Improvement Program (RQI) subscription.
The current contract was authorized by Ordinance 3283-2024 that passed on December 9, 2024. The Division of Fire has a need to continue its subscription to Laerdal Medical Corporation’s Resuscitation Quality Improvement Program to manage the division's paramedic CPR certifications and associated training. This program will continue to assist the Fire Division in managing the CPR certifications of personnel using American Heart Association (AHA) training/certification professionals and portable simulation stations. 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.
CONTRACT COMPLIANCE: Laerdal Medical Corporation, Fed Tax ID: 13-2587752, Vendor # 000614
FISCAL IMPACT: This ordinance authorizes an expenditure of $183,550.00 from the General Fund. The Division of Fire expended $156,907.50 in 2024, $135,970.00 in 2023, $124,840.00 in 2022, and $118,360.20 in 2021 and 2020 for this subscription.
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To authorize the Director of the Department of Public Safety to renew and fund year two (2) of the existing two (2) year contract with Laerdal Medical Corporation for a subscription to their Resuscitation Quality Improvement Program (RQI) for the Division of Fire; and to authorize the expenditure of $183,550.00 from the General Fund. ($183,550.00)
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WHEREAS, the current two (2) year contract between the City of Columbus, Department of Public Safety, Division of Fire and Laerdal Medical Corporation was originally authorized by Ordinance 3283-2024 for the first (1st) year of the two (2) ye...
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