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County advances revised ambulance RFP; board asks for more time before finalizing
Summary
County staff presented an updated draft request for proposals (RFP) to run Ventura County's 911 ambulance system and asked the Board to review the approach and return with a finalized RFP early next year. Supervisors and community representatives pressed for clearer evaluation steps and assurance that the board will make the final award decision.
County staff on Dec. 17 presented a substantially revised draft request for proposals to select the county's exclusive provider of emergency ground ambulance transport and related medical services. The directors framed the document as a step toward a single, countywide contract intended to raise clinical oversight, reduce automatic exemptions and make ambulance coverage more even across communities.
The County Executive Office said the updated RFP moves the county from seven service subzones to ten and tightens the way response-time compliance is measured. Bill Bullard, a health-care consultant who helped draft the document, said the RFP shifts evaluation from a pure response-time focus to include clinical quality measures and repeated financial audits so oversight can detect…
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