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TO: Mayor Richard C. Irvin
FROM: Mark Matkovich, Assistant Chief of Services - Aurora Fire Department
DATE: March 08, 2022
SUBJECT:
Resolution authorizing the purchase of one (1) 2022 Wheeled Coach Ford F-550 4x4 Gas Type I ambulance for the amount of $326.903.00 from Fire Service Inc., as well as equip the ambulance with all of the necessary equipment to put the unit in service, with a total package price of $405,253.00.
PURPOSE:
To purchase one (1) 2022 Wheeled Coach Ford F-550 4X4 gas Type I ambulance, from Fire
Service Inc. This purchase would be the new Medic 13, for station 13 which is projected to open in 2024.
BACKGROUND:
The Aurora Fire Department has $7,100,000 budgeted over the next three years for the design and construction of station 13. In-order for Medic 13 to be up and running when station 13 opens in 2024, it needs to be ordered this year. In addition, purchase date to delivery date for some equipment is running close to a year, so that equipment also needs to be ordered now, in order to ensure it is here when the ambulance is put in service.
DISCUSSION:
Fire Service Inc. is the area dealer for the Wheeled Coach brand ambulance. The City of Aurora last purchased a Wheeled Coach ambulance from Fire Service Inc. in January of 2022. The Fire Service, Inc. contract with the City of Aurora contains language that allows the right to add additional units to that contract, with a guaranteed maximum mark-up (tag-on language)
The station location study that was done in 2022 showed the need for a new fire station on the North side of I-88. The City of Aurora has property on the corner of Nan and Bilter. This property is slated to house Station 13 for the Aurora Fire Department. Station 13 will house an Engine, Ladder Truck and Ambulance.
The Aurora Fire Department station/vehicle project shows Station 13 opening in 2024.
The exact date is not known, but it could be sooner than the chart shows.
With the timetable that Fire Service Inc. has g...
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