To: Board of County Commissioners
From: Christopher Swanson, Sheriff
title
RE: Approval of a request for a blanket purchase order to Zoll, in the amount of $86,136.00, to purchase life-saving devices
recommendation
BOARD ACTION REQUESTED:
Review and approval of Zoll Medical Corporation Quote No: Q-97110/V. 1 in the amount of $86,136.00 to in turn create a PO to the vendor to be paid from Paramedics account line: 2110-313.00-764.000 (Supplies Medical) for the purchase of 600 life-saving devices (ResQPOD ITD10) to be utilized by the Genesee County Office of the Sheriff Paramedic team County-Wide.
BACKGROUND:
The GCOS earlier in the Spring of 2024 purchased 72 of these devices (reference is attached). The additional purchase will ensure continuity of services to the public using the same device as is already in use/practice from the same vendor, Zoll Medical.
DISCUSSION:
The use of these specific devices is a Med Control Mandate Genesee County-wide to be used with Lucas Devices (existing devices operated and maintained within the Paramedic vehicles.
IMPACT ON HUMAN RESOURCES:
N/A
IMPACT ON BUDGET:
$86,136.00 to be paid from account 2110-313.00-764.000 (Supplies Medical).
IMPACT ON FACILITIES:
N/A
IMPACT ON TECHNOLOGY:
N/A
CONFORMITY TO COUNTY PRIORITIES:
This Purchase Order request conforms to county priorities by providing the Sheriff Office Paramedics personnel with lifesaving equipment. (Healthy, Livable & Safe Communities)
resolution
TO THE HONORABLE CHAIRPERSON AND MEMBERS OF THE GENESEE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN:
BE IT RESOLVED, by this Board of County Commissioners of Genesee County, Michigan, that the request by the Office of Genesee County Sheriff to authorize an expenditure, in the form of a purchase order, to Zoll Medical Corporation for the purchase of 600 ResQPOD ITD 10 life-saving medical devices, at a cost not to exceed $86,136.00 to be paid from account 2110-313.00-764.000 (Supplies Medical), is approved (a copy of the memorandum request and supporting documents being on file with the official records of the March 19, 2025 meeting of the Governmental Operations Committee of this Board).