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Authorize execution of a contract for emergency patient transport equipment for Emergency Medical Services Department with Howmedica Osteonics Corp d/b/a Stryker Sales LLC or Stryker Medical, for an initial term of 23 months with up to three 1-year extension options in an amount not to exceed $3,000,000. Funding: $150,000 is available in the Operating Budget of the Emergency Medical Services Department, funding for the remaining contract term is contingent upon available funding in future budgets.
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Lead Department
Financial Services Department.
Client Department(s)
Emergency Medical Services Department.
Fiscal Note
Funding in the amount of $150,000 is available in the Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Operating Budget of the Emergency Medical Services Department.
Funding for the remaining contract term is contingent upon available funding in future budgets.
Purchasing Language:
Multiple cooperative purchase programs were reviewed for these goods. The Emergency Medical Services Department has determined this contractor best meets the needs of the department to provide these goods required for the City.
MBE/WBE:
Cooperative Agreements are exempt from City Code Chapter 2-9B (Minority Owned and Women Owned Business Enterprise Procurement Program); therefore, no subcontracting goals were established.
For More Information:
Direct questions regarding this Recommendation for Council Action to the Financial Services Department - Central Procurement at: FSDCentralProcurementRCAs@austintexas.gov or 512-974-2500.
Additional Backup Information:
This contract will provide powered emergency transport equipment including ambulance lift systems, powered ambulance stretchers, stair chairs, and accessories on each Emergency Medical Services (EMS) ambulance. Powered ambulance stretchers are mobile beds that EMS patients are secured to during transportation to the medical facility. Upon arrival at the hospital, the patient is then moved via the stretcher from...
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