TITLE
Title
APPROVE STRETCHERS AND MOUNTS PROPRIETARY MAINTENANCE SERVICE AND PARTS AGREEMENT WITH STRYKER
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SPONSOR
Sponsor
Jim Albright/Fran Cameron
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BACKGROUND
Background
Emergency Medical Services has utilized Stryker manufactured stretchers for a number of years on ambulances and at special events, including electric-assist stretchers for the past fifteen years. Stryker's safety systems have reduced worker's compensation cases and decreased patient handling incidents. These stretchers require annual preventative maintenance, as well as episodic repair to maintain satisfactory condition and performance. This proprietary maintenance service agreement includes comprehensive annual preventative maintenance to include repair parts, labor, and travel on the majority of the equipment on most of our current stretcher inventory. In depth fiscal analysis indicates this preventative maintenance and repair program is financially advantageous to EMS. Stryker's maintenance service program will ensure EMS stretchers meet ASTM and SAE standards for compliance.
Guilford County has had a lengthy history with this vendor, and their maintenance has exceeded expectations and allowed us to maintain functionality of equipment beyond its normal life span.
The previous agreement was for five years, beginning in 2018. The price of stretcher maintenance was$1,054 in 2018 compared to $1,279.20 for 65 PowerPro stretchers (we also have nine legacy manual stretchers that are $244 per for service and repair), and the price per mount was $556 in 2018 compared to $681.60 for 54 mounts. Also, the adoption of the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Standard J3027 required that new mounts be installed in all transport ambulances. This capital expenditure occurred over several budget cycles, and we now have 54 mounts for annual service and repair, and is the majority of the increase. Also, Stryker does an annual true up of the existing inventory of stretchers and mounts...
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