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Resolution approving the purchase of two advanced life support ambulances; authorizing the City Manager to enter into a purchase agreement with Braun Northwest for the construction and purchase in the amount of $800,573.51; approving the purchase of tools and equipment in the amount of $110,000; and approving the use of $450,000 of encumbered funds from a cancelled 2021 ambulance contract along with $460,573.51 of Vehicle Replacement Funds, for a total amount of $910,573.51. (Richard Walls, EMS Chief)
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WHEREAS, in May of 2021 Council approved an ambulance purchase with tools and equipment amending the Vehicle Replacement Budget in the amount of $450,000; and
WHEREAS, the South San Francisco Fire Department (SSFFD) identified the three builders Braun, Braun Northwest and Demers, selected Braun, and Council approved a contract to build an ambulance with an anticipated arrival of mid-2023 early 2024; and
WHEREAS, considering the long delivery timelines and the age of our ambulance fleet, staff began to look for other vendor options for the purchase of the next scheduled ambulance replacement for Fiscal Year 2022-2023; and
WHEREAS, staff evaluates all aspects of the apparatus that we are selecting, SSFFD staff exclusively dual-role Paramedic Firefighters on our Advance Life Support (ALS) ambulances, finding appropriate storage capacity is a concern, and major historical considerations when reviewing ambulance chassis and manufacturer build are wheelbase, turning radius and clearance; and
WHEREAS, Braun Northwest explained that most manufacturers require a special "ambulance build" or customized transition kit be installed to qualify their chassis for ambulance use, but Ram, however, does not place this requirement on the use of their chassis, and over the past few years many agencies have been transitioning their fleet to the Ram product; and
WHEREAS, when comparing the Ram chassis to that of our current International chassis, the differences were ...
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