CC MEETING: NOVEMBER 19, 2024
DATE: October 24, 2024
TO: Erin Rinehart, City Manager
FROM: Michael Thomson, Fire Chief
Rex Redden, Executive Director of Public Safety
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Consider Authorizing The City Manager To Enter Into An Agreement With Hamilton Medical For The Purchase Of Seven (7) Hamilton-T1 Transport Ventilators, Associated Equipment, And Clinical Training In An Amount To Not Exceed $127,000.00
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BACKGROUND:
This agenda item is for the purchase of ventilators used by Carrollton Fire Rescue paramedics during patient care. Due to the replacement of the existing Parapac Pneupac ventilators that have reached the end of usable life, Carrollton Fire Rescue will surpass the $50,000.00 purchase threshold during Fiscal Year 2025. Carrollton Fire Rescue is seeking Council approval to purchase seven (7) Hamilton T-1 Transport Ventilators, associated equipment, and clinical training for Carrollton Fire Rescue personnel in an amount not to exceed $127,000.00 during Fiscal Year 2025.
This purchase is being made using a sole source provider, Hamilton Medical, Inc. Carrollton Fire Rescue has a sole source letter on file.
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS:
The Hamilton T-1 Transport Ventilators will be purchased from funds budgeted in the Fire Department's Fiscal Year 2025 budget
IMPACT ON COMMUNITY SUSTAINABILITY:
Carrollton Fire Rescue paramedics have historically used mechanical ventilators to provide ventilatory support to certain patients during transport to the hospital. The ventilators currently in operation are mainly designed to ventilate the fully sedated patient with no respiratory drive or one in cardiac arrest. The Hamilton T-1 allows a wider range of ventilatory support modes, both invasive and non-invasive, to treat patients experiencing a variety of respiratory emergencies. This will allow CFR paramedics the ability to provide increasingly specialized care to the patients they encounter with the goal of increasing positive patient outcomes.
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