Special Purchase - Stryker Medical - Power Load Cots

Home Browse Search

1222 S. MICHIGAN STREET SOUTH BEND, INDIANA 466o%-282I Board of Public Works 227 W. Jefferson Blvd. South Bend, IN 46601 Dear Board Members, CITY OF SOUTH BEND PETE BUTTIGIEG, MAYOR SOUTH BEND FIRE DEPARTMENT STEPHEN F. Cox FIRE CHIEF PHONE 5741235-9255 FAX 574/ 235-9305 February 19, 2019 I am writing this to request a compatibility purchase for Stryker Power —LOAD (Model 6390) to replace our current Power -PRO cots —reference IC 5-22-10-8 "compatibility of equipment is a substantial consideration of the purchase". These mechanical loading units would be installed in five (5) of our seven (7) front-line ambulances and replace the seven (7) Stryker Power Cots on all of the front-line ambulances. The remaining two (2) ambulances are currently being replaced, and the Stryker EMS Power —LOAD is in the specifications. The reasons we need to use Stryker are listed below: • In 2009-10 The City of South Bend awarded the bid for the initial Power Cots to the Ferno Company. This was the Ferno POWERFlexx cot. The cots were not compatible to the specifications of our ambulances. We had to work with Equipment Services and Ferno to augment the cot for them to be loaded into the ambulances. The Ferno cots had to be reconstructed twice and special ramps had to be fabricated by SB Equipment Services to create a situation where all the Firefighters could load the cots. 0 We have a contract with the University of Notre Dame to deliver EMS Coverage to all NCAA required sporting events. Notre Dame is equipped with Stryker Power Cots on all their medical carts. The Medical Outreach Emergency Response Cart and the Sports Trainers Cart that is on the field for all home games is equipped with Stryker. • At this time, all EMS transport providers, with the exception of one, are equipped with the Stryker Power -LOAD system. We currently have an Inter -Governmental Agreement with the Saint Joseph County Commissioners to provide ALS Transport coverage to unincorporated areas of St. Joseph County. We would have the same equipment consistent with everyone else in the County. 1 would also request, in the same purchase, replacement of our Stair Chairs. The stair chairs have small wheels and handles that are used to move patients where cots cannot be utilized due to lack of space or stairways. Funding source is 287-0902-422.43-10—Equipment Purchases/Materials & Equipment Regar Andrew Myer Assistant Chief/EMS C: E. Anderson, C. McDaniels, M. Schmidt MICHAEL J. DAmiANO 'IODD L. SRWARCAN ANDRF.W J. MYER JOHN CORTHIER FEDERICO RODRIGUEZ, JR ASST. CHIEF OPERATIONS ASST. CHIEF SERVICES ASST. CHIEF EMS ASST. CHIEF TRAINING FIRF. MARSHAL