TITLE
title
REMOUNT OF EXISTING AMBULANCE BOXES ON NEW CHASSIS
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SPONSOR
sponsor
Jim Albright
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BACKGROUND
background
Chassis availability in FY23 affected the Emergency Services vehicle plan significantly. Ford only fulfilled three chassis for Guilford County in FY23, and they were delayed on delivery (literally arriving the last week of the fiscal year). Concurrently, the costs of new ambulance boxes have dramatically increased from $146,500 to >$230,000. As such, the Department has requested to purchase a total of four new ambulance boxes on the March 21, 2024 agenda, and on this agenda item is requesting to remount existing boxes on five chassis (which were purchased direct from Ford on a previous agenda).
Emergency Services worked with Purchasing staff to define the scope of the remount process and secured pricing through the HGAC Buy purchasing collaborative with Northwestern Emergency Vehicles, located at 268 NWEV Drive, West Jefferson, NC 28694 at a price of $111,962 per unit or a total commitment of $559,810. The unit boxes will be moved to new chassis with new paint, lights, trim and upfit of the ambulance box with new suspension, floors and upholstery, as well as repair of any issues.
Northwestern Emergency Vehicles is the local North Carolina dealer and authorized repair facility for American Emergency Vehicles, which manufactured the original ambulance boxes.
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BUDGET IMPACT
budget impact
NO ADDITIONAL COUNTY FUNDS REQUIRED
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REQUESTED ACTION
requested action
Approve the remount of five (5) existing ambulance boxes with upfit with Northwestern Emergency Vehicles, located at 268 NWEV Dr., West Jefferson, NC 28694, in the amount of $111,962 each or a total commitment of $559,810.
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