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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: May 15, 2001 <br />Action Age <br />Item No. <br />SUBJECT: Sole Source Purchase of Two Reconditioned Lifepak 12 Monitor Defibrillators <br />for EMS <br />DEPARTMENT: Purchasing and Central PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />Services ~ EMS <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Pam Jones (919) 245-2652 <br />_ Nick Waters X1_9) 968-205.0 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To consider purchasing two (2) reconditioned Lifepak 12 Monitor Defibrillators <br />using the Sole Source provision of the General Statutes. <br />BACKGROUND: Orange County EMS presently owns and operates seven Physio Control <br />Lifepak 12 Monitor Defibrillators. This particular model is the only monitor defibrillator available <br />that is compatible with the software and equipment utilized by UNC Hospital. Orange County <br />has the opportunity to purchase two (2) demonstrator units from Physio Control of Redmond, <br />Washington, which will replace two older Lifepak V models. The cost of each unit will be <br />$14,000.00, compared to the same units, which can be purchased new from the State contract <br />at a cost of $25,363.25 each. The units come with a 6-month warranty as opposed to a 12 <br />month warranty for new units. <br />NC GS 143-129 article (f) allows for the sole source purchase of equipment when performance <br />or price competition for a product are not available; when a needed product is available from <br />only one source of supply; or when standardization or compatibility is the overriding <br />consideration. It is staffs belief that this purchase meets all three of these criteria. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: Total cost of this action, if approved by the Board, would be $28,000.00. <br />SufFcient funds are available within the FY 2000-2001 CIP for the purchase of these monitor <br />defibrillators. <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board award the contract to <br />Physio Control of Redmond, Washington in the amount of $28,000.00; and authorize the <br />Purchasing Director to execute the appropriate paperwork. <br />