HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda 11-19-19 Item 8-e - Authorization for the County Manager to Execute Contracts for the Purchase of a New Ambulance and Ambulance Remount 1
ORANGE COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT
Meeting Date: November 19, 2019
Action Agenda
Item No. 8-e
SUBJECT: Authorization for the County Manager to Execute Contracts for the Purchase of
a New Ambulance and Ambulance Remount
DEPARTMENT: Emergency Services and
Orange County Transportation
Services
ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT:
Theo Letman, 919-245- 2627
None Kirby Saunders, 919-245-6135
Dinah Jeffries, 919-245-6123
Travis Myren, 919-245-2308
PURPOSE: To authorize the County Manager to execute contracts for the purchase of one (1)
new ambulance and one (1) remounted ambulance approved as part of the FY2019-20 budget
process.
BACKGROUND: On June 18, 2019, the Board of County Commissioners in the FY 2019-20
Board Approved Annual Operating Budget and Capital Investment Plan approved funds to
purchase the remounting of one (1) Emergency Services ambulance and one (1) new
ambulance. An ambulance remount makes use the parts of an existing ambulance. The
selected company removes the box from an ambulance that is in need of replacement and puts
a new chassis on the vehicle. Reusing some of the key components of the truck and not having
to manufacture a new box translates into cost savings. The remount process also allows for the
refurbishment and updating of the box as well as select pieces of the truck.
FINANCIAL IMPACT: The amount approved in FY 2019-20 Board Approved Annual Operating
Budget and Capital Investment Plan for Emergency Services vehicles was Nine Hundred Sixty-
Five Thousand Five Hundred Fifty Dollars ($965,550), which included the cost of one (1)
remount and one (1) new ambulance. The total cost for the ambulance remount is One
Hundred Thirty-Three Thousand Two Hundred and Four Dollars and 68/100 ($133,204.68),
excluding accessories (radios, stretcher, etc.). The total cost for the new ambulance is Two
Hundred Forty-Nine Thousand Eight Hundred Eighty Eight Dollars and 89/100 ($249,888.86).
The total cost of the two ambulances is Three Hundred Eighty-Three Thousand Ninety-Three
Dollars and 54/100 ($383,093.54).
SOCIAL JUSTICE IMPACT: The following Orange County Social Justice Goals are applicable
to this item:
• GOAL: ENSURE ECONOMIC SELF-SUFFICIENCY
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The creation and preservation of infrastructure, policies, programs and funding necessary
for residents to provide shelter, food, clothing and medical care for themselves and their
dependents.
• GOAL: CREATE A SAFE COMMUNITY
The reduction of risks from vehicle/traffic accidents, childhood and senior injuries, gang
activity, substance abuse and domestic violence.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT: There is no Orange County Environmental Responsibility Goal
impact associated with this item.
RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board authorize the Manager to
execute the contracts and any amendments to the contracts for the new and remount
ambulances described above and any other for Emergency Services vehicles approved in the
FY 2019-20 Board Approved Annual Operating Budget and Capital Investment Plan following
review and approval by the County Attorney.