DATE: July 13, 2018
TO: Board of Mayor and Aldermen
FROM: Eric Stuckey, City Administrator
Rocky Garzarek, Fire Chief
SUBJECT:
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Contract with Physio Control for purchase of LifePak 15 cardiac monitors COF Contract No. 2018-0126
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Purpose
The purpose of this memo is to provide information to the Franklin Board of Mayor and Aldermen (BOMA) concerning report execution of City Contract No. 2018-0126 with Physio-Control, Inc. of Redmond, Washington for the sole-source purchase in the total amount of $212,985.80 for six (6) cardiac monitor/defibrillators which were needed to replace six (6) existing LifePak 12 cardiac monitor/defibrillators that have reached their end of support limit.
Background
City Purchasing Policy allows for the following category of sole-source purchases valued at or greater than $25,000 not to require individual authorization by the Board of Mayor and Aldermen (but which shall be reported to the Board): Purchases of items that have, for good and sufficient reason, previously been standardized by the City, so long as the product manufacturer representative has stated in writing that the vendor is the sole source available to the City of Franklin, and so long as the vendor has stated in writing that the quoted pricing is the lowest municipal unit pricing available at that time and in the foreseeable future for the quantity indicated.
Staff is of the opinion that the purchase of the cardiac monitor / defibrillator is a sole-source purchase and is a purchase that falls into the category referenced above and anticipated by City Purchasing Policy as not requiring individual authorization by the Board of Mayor and Aldermen. Evidence to support this opinion includes:
* The purchase represents an expansion of the Fire Department inventory of cardiac monitors and defibrillators.
* Because the Franklin Fire Department is under the medical direction of Williamson Medical Center, and because the Fire Department's cardiac monitor...
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