HomeMy WebLinkAbout12-03 RESOLUTION NO. 12-03
A RESOLUTION of the City Council of the City of Port Angeles,
Washington, designating Zoll Medical Corporation as the sole
source for acquiring cardiac monitor/defibrillators for the Fire
Department and declaring an exception to normal bidding
requirements.
WHEREAS, the Fire Department has budgeted funds this year to replace two of its four
outdated cardiac monitor/defibrillators; and
WHEREAS, Zoll Medical Corporation:
1. Is the only company authorized by the Food and Drug Administration to
label its rectilinear biphasic wave form as superior for difficult patients in ventricular fibrillation
i(V-fib) or atrial fibrillation (A-fib), and
2. Provides the smallest, lightest cardiac monitor/defibrillator with the brightest
monitor available, which are important features for pre-hospital use; and
WHEREAS, all other paramedic agencies within Clallam County use Zoll cardiac
monitor/defibrillators, and providing standardization of life-saving equipment is beneficial during
mutual aid or mass casualty events; and
WHEREAS, due to the above-stated factors related to Zoll's superior and widely used
cardiac monitor/defibrillator technology, Zoll has been determined to be the only manufacturer
that meets the needs of the Port Angeles Fire Department; and
WHEREAS, since Zoll cardiac monitor/defibrillators are manufactured and distributed by
Zoll Medical Corporation, the purchase of Zoll cardiac monitor/defibrillators is clearly and
legitimately limited to a single source of supply, which under RCW 39.04.280(1)(a) is an allowable
basis for waiving bidding requirements;
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Port Angeles
as follows:
Section 1. Zoll Medical Corporation is the sole source for the acquisition of cardiac
monitor/defibrillators for the Fire Department.
Section 2. An exception from normal bidding requirements is hereby implemented,
under which acquisition of cardiac monitor/defibrillators need not be competitively bid.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Port Angeles at a regular meeting of said
Council held on the 2nd day of December, 2003.
~'"'~' MAYOR
ATTEST:
B~cky J. Utft~n; ~{y C~r[ 1 ....
APPRzO:VED AS TO FO/PM:
Craig D. Knu)son, City Attorney
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