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Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to increase Blanket Purchase Orders Nos. BPFD18000011 with Life-Assist, Inc., of Rancho Cordova, CA, and BPFD18000013 with Bound Tree Medical, LLC, of Dublin, OH, for furnishing and delivering emergency medical supplies, by $150,000, for a total aggregate amount not to exceed $250,000, and extend the term of the purchase orders to January 31, 2019. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
City Council approval is requested to execute amendments to the Blanket Purchase Orders (BPOs) with Life-Assist, Inc. (Life-Assist), and Bound Tree Medical, LLC (Bound Tree), for the purchase of emergency medical supplies used by the Long Beach Fire Department (LBFD).
On June 15, 2014, BPOs were issued to Life-Assist and Bound Tree in an annual combined amount of $200,000, for a period of two years with the option to renew for two additional one-year periods, for the purchase of emergency medical supplies. City Council actions on April 21, 2015 and February 20, 2018 authorized additional purchasing authority in an annual combined amount not to exceed $360,000, with an expiration date of June 15, 2018.
To ensure continuity of delivery of products until a competitive procurement process can be completed, Life-Assist and Bound Tree are currently providing emergency medical supplies under two BPOs for a total combined amount of $100,000 for the term June 16, 2018 to October 31, 2018. It is requested that the BPOs be extended until January 31, 2019, with an increase in additional purchasing authority in a combined amount of $150,000, for a total aggregate amount not to exceed $250,000, to provide adequate time to complete the procurement process. Emergency medical supplies purchased under these BPOs are essential to the continued provision of emergency medical services by the LBFD.
It is anticipated that the award of a new contract(s) will be presented to the City Council in December 2018.
This matter was reviewed by Deputy Cit...
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