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Votes at a glance: minutes, contracts, rate changes and advisements
Summary
Summary of formal actions taken by the Rutherford County Purchasing Committee: minutes approved, two procurement decisions, EMS price increases accepted, and several insurance solicitations taken under advisement.
The Rutherford County Purchasing Committee recorded the following formal actions during its meeting.
Votes at a glance
- Approval of minutes: Commissioners approved minutes from the Feb. 11 and Feb. 18 meetings by motion and voice vote.
- Body-removal transport RFP: Motion to reject both responses and review the RFP passed (see separate article). No award made.
- GPS monitoring contract: Motion to award a contract to Tracking Solutions for GPS monitoring services passed on a roll call vote (see separate article).
- AmeriMed (EMS transports) price adjustment: Commissioners approved a small price adjustment for AmeriMed emergency medical transports (per-mile and service-level rates adjusted to match Medicare-allowable references); the motion passed on roll call.
- 20 North chiller replacement: Approval of the bid for rooftop chiller replacement passed on roll call (see separate article); staff to coordinate encumbrance and budget appropriation timing.
- Medicare Advantage and other insurance solicitations: Multiple solicitations (Medicare Advantage, group life, long-term disability and ancillary benefits) were opened and taken under advisement so that Gallagher and staff can evaluate proposals and return recommendations to the committee; motions to take the procurement results under advisement passed.
- Recovery code re-bid: One rebid for a recovery-code project received no proposals; staff will regroup and consider a later rebid.
The committee recorded roll-call affirmations on items requiring contract awards. Several matters were taken under advisement and will return to risk management and purchasing committees with recommendations before full-commission action as required.
