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FROM: Phil Batchelor, County Administrator Costa
DATE: November 1 , 1984 Cou' "y
SUBJECT: Ambulance Contracting Review Process
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION:
Approve the process outlined below to be used in returning contract recommendations to
the Board.
BACKGROUND:
On October 30, 1984, the Board asked this office to recommend a process which should be
followed in preparing recommendations on contract awards for emergency ambulance response.
We have carefully reviewed all of the factors involved and recommend that the following
process be followed:
1 . A panel of experts in the emergency medical services field be formed by the Health
Officer. The organizations to be represented on the panel should be made public
to assure all parties that the panel is representative of various interests in the
community. However, the names of the actual individuals asked to serve on the
panel should not be made public until after they have completed their report to
the Health Officer. This will assist in avoiding any efforts to influence the
process of reviewing the RFPs.
2. The panel of experts reviews the RFPs. The Health Officer should provide an
opportunity during the review process when any member of the public can address
the panel to provide testimony on the subject of ambulance service.
3. The Health Officer conducts a hearing November 16, 1984 on ambulance zone boundary
configurations, following which the Health Officer announces any changes to be
made in ambulance zone boundaries.
4. The panel of experts makes their recommendations to the Health Officer on contract
awards for each of the zones established by the Health Officer.
5. The Health Officer announces his recommendations to the Board for contract awards.
6. Any Board member wishing to do so may conduct a regional public review process to
go over the recommendations of the panel of experts and the Health Officer.
7. The Board of Supervisors, on November 27, 1984, has before it the recommendations
of the Health Officer for contract awards.
we believe this process accomplishes the two primary objectives the Board has in mind;
namely, to insure that the review process is fair, objective, and professional , and
that public input is adequately provided for.
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CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE: � eQ/ /(' j. Z46,-
X RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
X APPROVE OTHER
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SIGNATURE(S) �
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Action of the Board on NOVanber 6, 1984 Approved as Recanmended X Other X
The Board APPROVED the list of organizations submitted by the
County Administrator that will be represented on the Panel for
reviewing the ambulance contract RFPs ; APPROVED the process as
outlined above with a modification to Paragraph No. 1 to provide
for the names of the panelists to be made public prior to the
review process; stipulated that the panelists and bidders are
required to execute certain declarations relative to their code
of conduct "in order to preserve the integrity of the procedure;
and DIRECTED that persons desiring to provide input to the panelists
be permitted to do so through County staff and the Emergency
Medical Care Committee for subsequent presentation to the Panel.
The vote on the motion was as follows :
AYES : Supervisors Fanden, McPeak, Torlakson
NOES : Supervisor Schroder (He expressed his
displeasure with the process ; reiterated
his opposition to the proposal and the
entire procedure relative to this situation. )
ABSENT: Supervisor Powers
ABSTAIN: None
1 hereby certify that this Is a true end correct copy of
an aoffon taken and ontered on the minutes of the
Board of Supervisors on Cle date ahown.
ATTESTED. lam,✓ C -�el
PHIL BATCHELOR, Cferiz of the Board
of Supervisors and County Administrator
By
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County Counsel
Health Services Director
Health Officer
EMS Officer
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OFFICE OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR REfi Lo
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY
Administration Building
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To: Phil Batchelor Date:
November 5, 1984
From: Claude Van MarteyReview Panel for Ambulance
From: Claude Van Marte Subject Contract RFP's
The following organizations will be represented on the Panel reviewing the
ambulance contract RFPs:
Police Chiefs' Association
Alameda-Contra Costa Medical Association
Delta Regional Communications Center
Fire Chiefs' Association
Emergency Medical Care Committee
East Bay Hospital
East County EMS Planning Committee
Emergency Department Nurses' Association
East Bay Hospital Conference Association
City Managers ' Association
Kaiser Hospital , Martinez
Brookside Hospital
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