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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: June 26, 2007 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. `~-~- <br />SUBJECT: Defibrillator Maintenance and Support Contract <br />DEPARTMENT: Emergency Services -EMS PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Kent McKenzie, 968-2050 <br />2007 Service Contract and Inventory <br />PURPOSE: To consider entering into a continuation contract for annual maintenance and <br />support of equipment used as part of the County's Emergency Medical preparedness and <br />response activities., <br />BACKGROUND: Orange County has contracted for annual preventive maintenance and <br />emergency support for cardiac monitors and defibrillators in use throughout the County <br />organization. Cardiac monitor -defibrillators are used daily by paramedics in the Emergency <br />Medical Services Division.. County-owned automatic external defibrillators (AEDs) have been <br />provided to all County fire departments as part of the Emergency Medical Services System. <br />Some municipal and County fire departments have purchased additional AEDs to augment the <br />County Emergency Medical Services response. There are also County-owned AEDs in various <br />County facilities, including the senior centers, Health Department, Recreation and Parks, and <br />the SportsPlex. All medical equipment utilized as part of an Emergency Medical Services <br />system is required to have annual performance evaluation and preventive maintenance <br />according to the rules and regulations of the North Carolina Office of Emergency Medical <br />Services. <br />In prior years, the cost for the annual service contract has fallen below the threshold set by the <br />Board of County Commissioners for direct action and has been reviewed and approved by the <br />County Director of Purchasing and Central Services. The contract cost has increased this year <br />because of the expiration of the warranty period on the fourteen ~ifepak 12 Monitor <br />Defibrillators that are used by the County's Initial Response Paramedics. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: Funding in the amount of $27,073.28 has been requested in the 2007-08 <br />operating budget to cover the expense of this maintenance contract. <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board approve the contract and <br />authorize the Purchasing and Central Services Director to sign the contract upon review by the <br />County Attorney. <br />