HomeMy WebLinkAboutcover memoCITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
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FROM :
Honorable Mayo
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Joe A ' la
Chief l • ministrator/City Manager
NOV 2 5 2003
DATE : FILE : FM.133.doc
SUBJECT : Amending Resolution No. 03-298
to include additional Lifepak
accessories and increasing Lifepak 12
REFERENCES : Defibrillator/Monitors and Accessories
Contract
ENCLOSURES:
Resolution
RECOMMENDATION
It is respectfully recommended that the City Commission adopt the attached Resolution
amending Resolution No. 03-298, adopted March 27, 2003, to include additional Lifepak
accessories and authorizing an increase in the contract amount with Medtronic Physio-Control
Corporation, a non-minority/non-local vendor, located at 11811 Willows Road NE, P.O. Box
97023, Redmond, WA 98073, the sole source provider, in an estimated annual amount of
$50,000; thereby increasing the total annual amount for the Department of Fire -Rescue from
$89,479.75 to $139,479.75.
Funds for this increase in an annual amount of $50,000 are available from the Department of
Fire -Rescue Operating Budget Account Code No. 001000.280601.6.714, subject to availability
of funds.
BACKGROUND
The Department of Fire -Rescue requires the replenishment of its inventory of Lifepak
accessories such as patient cables, recording paper, electrodes, and battery paks to support
the Department's day-to-day operations. The additional Lifepak accessories are necessary to
meet emergency medical response standards and assure the compatibility of the Department's
current inventory of Lifepak automated external defibrillation/monitor systems model Nos. 10,
11 and 12.
Pursuant to Resolution No. 03-298, adopted on March 27, 2003, Medtronic Physio-Control
Corporation was determined to be the sole source provider of this equipment based upon field
test of market comparables that conclusively proved the superior function and reliability of the
Medtronic Physio-Control products. It is necessary to include the proposed Lifepak accessories
and to increase the total contract amount with Medtronic Physio-Control, at an estimated annual
cost of $50,000, from $89,479.75 to $139,479.75.
Fiscal Impact: None - Budgeted Item.
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