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Miami County approves $81,810 purchase of four ventilators for EMS
Summary
The board voted unanimously July 9 to buy four ZOLL ventilators under a Sourcewell contract for $81,810.88 after county EMS reported existing devices could not be certified for preventive maintenance.
Miami County commissioners on July 9 unanimously approved the purchase of four ventilators for the county's Emergency Medical Services for a total contract price of $81,810.88.
Frank Burrow, chief of EMS, told the board that the county's existing ventilators, manufactured under the CareFusion name before a corporate restructuring, have repeatedly been returned by repair vendors unable to perform required preventive maintenance and certification. "ZOLL bought out a portion of that. However, they did not buy out the CareFusion, which was the company under Viair that does the Ravel ventilators," Burrow said, explaining the reliability and certification problems.
Burrow presented a Sourcewell cooperative contract quote for a ZOLL ventilator that he said closely matches the county's current equipment. The total quoted price to replace four units is $81,810.88. Burrow said the county was offered a payment option that would require 30 percent down (quoted in the materials as approximately $24,543.26) with the remaining balance to be paid over the next four years in annual payments (figures in the meeting packet were described in the discussion but did not specify an explicit interest rate).
Commissioner Bond moved to approve the purchase; Commissioner Diedichert seconded. The board voted unanimously to approve the purchase (5-0).
The record presented at the meeting does not list an explicit interest rate for the multi-year payment option. Burrow said the financing option was being offered through the Sourcewell contract but the packet did not show an interest rate; Commissioners asked no further budget questions during the vote. The ventilator purchase was described as a replacement of devices that vendors have been unable to certify, not as additional equipment beyond current operational need.
The approval directs EMS to proceed with the purchase under the Sourcewell contract; no implementation timeline or delivery dates were specified on the record.
