TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THRU: Rick Otto, City Manager
FROM: Sean deMetropolis, Fire Chief
1. SUBJECT
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Authorize purchase of ten LUCAS 3 Chest Compression Devices and ProCare LUCAS Prevent Service Plan from Stryker Medical as a sole source vendor.
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2. SUMMARY
The Fire Department is seeking the sole-source purchase of ten Stryker LUCAS 3 Chest Compression devices, and the associated service plan, to replace aging equipment in the field and outfit recently acquired apparatus. The LUCAS 3 devices provide automated chest compression that are more efficient than human rescuers are able to perform. Orange County Emergency Medical Services requires the use of automated chest compression devices, over manual CPR, whenever a patient experiencing cardiac arrest is moved or transported.
3. RECOMMENDED ACTION
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1. Authorize Stryker Medical as a sole source vendor.
2. Approve the purchase of ten LUCAS 3 Chest Compression Devices and ProCare LUCAS Prevent Service from Stryker Medical in an amount not to exceed $158,593.
3. Authorize the appropriation of $2,500 from the Prop 172 unreserved fund balance to expenditure account number 120.3022.56030.20105, Prop 172 - Auto Pulse Machine Replacement.
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4. FISCAL IMPACT
The total expenditure for this purchase is $158,593 and will be funded in Auto Pulse Machine Replacement (20105) through:
Prop 172 (120) $152,410
General Fund (100) 6,183
Total: $158,593
5. STRATEGIC PLAN GOALS
Goal 1: Provide for a safe community
a: Provide staffing and resources to deliver services that ensure public safety.
6. DISCUSSION AND BACKGROUND
The Fire Department has used automated chest compression devices (ACCD) for eleven years. At the time of original purchase in 2010 and replacement purchase in 2015, the ZOLL Autopulse was the only ACCD approved for use by the Orange County Emergency Medical Servi...
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