STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Government Performance and Financial Management
AGENDA DATE: June 23, 2021
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S): All
DEPARTMENT: Office of Procurement Services
EXECUTIVE: Elizabeth Reich
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SUBJECT
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Authorize a three-year service price agreement for parts, repairs, and preventative maintenance and calibration for automatic stretcher load systems, power stretchers, and stair chairs for the Fire-Rescue Department - Stryker Sales Corporation, lowest responsible bidder of two - Estimated amount of $635,500 - Financing: General Fund
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BACKGROUND
This action does not encumber funds; the purpose of a service price agreement is to establish firm pricing for services, for a specific term, which are ordered on an as needed basis according to annual budgetary appropriations. The estimated amount is intended as guidance rather than a cap on spending under the agreement, so that actual need combined with the amount budgeted will determine the amount spent under this agreement.
This service price agreement will provide for parts, repairs, and preventative maintenance and calibration for automatic stretcher load systems, power stretchers, and stair chairs. Annual maintenance is required for all automatic stretcher load systems, power stretchers, and stair chairs to ensure proper operation and prevent the risk of injury. Maintaining existing stretcher load systems, power stretchers, and stair chairs is essential to Fire-Rescue's replacement plan for power stretchers and stair chairs.
As part of the solicitation process and in an effort to increase competition, the Office of Procurement Services used its procurement system to send out email notifications to vendors registered under relevant commodity codes. To further increase competition, the Office of Procurement Services uses historical solicitation information, the Internet, and vendor contact information obtained from user departments to c...
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