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HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding the Ambulance Request-for-Proposal (Ambulance RFP) Update and Direction Request, as follows: (EST. TIME: 2 HR.)
a) Receive and file the Intent to Award the Ambulance RFP No. 8010001 to American Medical Response (AMR), West;
b) Authorize the Public Health Department Director, and/or designee, to negotiate an exclusive contract for Ambulance Services with AMR; or
c) Cancel the Ambulance RFP in part or in whole upon finding that cancellation is in the best interest of the County and provide direction to staff to:
i) Start a new competitive procurement process; or
ii) Update the current exclusive “grandfathered” agreement with AMR for Service Area 1; or
iii) Let the current exclusive “grandfathered” agreement expire and enter into a “non-exclusive” ambulance arrangement; or
iv) Explore other options for ambulance service delivery; and
d) Determine that the proposed action does not constitute a “Project” within the meaning of California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), pursuant to Section 15378(b)(4) of the CEQA Guidelines, because it consists of the creation of a government funding mechanism or other government fiscal activities, which does not involve any commitment to any specific project which may result in a potentially significant impact on the environment.
COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S RECOMMENDATION: POLICY