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Ilfl.E; REJECTING BIDS FOR
AMBULANCE
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Staff recommends Council adopt Resolution No, 7J9-J/.
rejecting all bids for the Mobile Intensive Care Unit
authorizing the Purchasing Officer to invite bids for
on revised specifications.
ITEM EX PLANA TI ON
' ambulance and
the ambulance
The 1983--84 P. udget includes funds for the purchase of a Mobile
Intensive Care Unit ambulance for the Fire Department Paramedic
Program.
Specifications for the ambulance were developed by personnel in the
, Fire Department, and in accordance with Section 3,28.120 of the
Municipal Code, Notice to Bidders was published and Request for
Bids was made, Three responses were received, opened, witnessed
and recorded on October 14, 1983. Following tha bid opening, the
bids were reviewed by members of the staff of the Fire Department.
During the review process, it was discovered the specified C-6
transmission when combined with a Jiesel engine in a modular
E.:!llbulance has not been :.n the field long-enough to have a proven
track record. Since the ambulance will be the only unit in service
for an estimated five years, it would be inappropriate to accept a
design that has not been tried, tested and proven to be reliable.
Therefore, it is recommended all bids should be rejected and new
bids ~equested, using revised specifications.
FISCAL IMPACT
The revised specifications will call for a gasoline engine, rather
than a diesel engine, and should result in a reduction in cost of
approximately $2,000.00,
EXHIBITS
Resolution No. 73':t. '{ .
NOTE; The Fire Chief concurs in this recommendation, -
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RESOLUTION NO. 7394
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD,
CALIFORNIA, REJECTING ALL BIDS FOR A MOBILE INTENSIVE CARE
UNIT AMBULANCE, AND AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASING OFFICER TO
REVISE THE SPECIFICATIONS AND TO INVITE BIDS FOR A MOBILE
INTENSIVE CARE UNIT AMBULANCE.
WHER~AS, the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California
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5 acquire a Mobile Intensive Care Unit ambulance: and
6 WHEREAS, bids have been received by the City of Carlsbad for a
7 Mobile Intensive Care Unit ambulance: and
8 WHEREAS, the specifications for said Mobile Intensive Care Unit
9 ambulance were unsuitable1 and
10 WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that the public
11 interest requires the Council to exercise its descretion under
12 Section 3.28.120 of the Carlsbad Municipal Code and reject all
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14 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City
l5 of Carlsbad as follows:
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That the above recitations are true and correct.
That the bids for the Mobile Intensive care Unit ambulance
are hereby rejected.
The the Purchasing Officer of the City of Carlsbad is
hereby authorized and directed to proceed to revise the
specifications hereinabove referred to.
That the Purchasing Officer of the City of Carlsbad is
hereby authorized and directed to proceed to publish in
accordance with law, Notice to Bidders, inviting bids for
a Mobile Intens".ve Care Unit ambulance hereinabove
described in accordance with revised specifications
hereinabove referred to.
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PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City
of Carlsbad, California, at a regular meeting held on ~l=s-t __ _
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AYES : Council M:3nbers casler' lewis, Kulchin, Chick,~ and Prescott
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ATTEST:
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