Board discusses remounts and cooperative purchasing limits
Members discussed remounting existing ambulance boxes onto new chassis as a possible faster, lower-cost route and noted limitations of cooperative contracts like Sourcewell for one-off remounted units.
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The Director explained remounting practices: "When we do a remount, right, we take 1 of our trucks and we take 1 of our boxes and take it off and put it back on the new chassis." He said many vendors now rework traded-in boxes, which can be quicker and cheaper than a full new unit, but procurement rules and the one-off nature of those units complicate using cooperative contracts.
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