To: Board of Supervisors
From: Monica Nino, County Administrator
Report Title: Stryker Sales, LLC - Purchase Order for Emergency Safety Equipment for County Administration Buildings
☒Recommendation of the County Administrator ☐ Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Purchasing Agent, or designee, to execute a purchase order with Stryker Sales, LLC, in an amount not to exceed $65,335 for the purchase of eleven emergency evacuation chairs and eight LifePAK automated external defibrillators (AED) for County Administration Buildings A and B located at 1025 and 1026 Escobar Street, Martinez.
FISCAL IMPACT:
$65,335, 100% General Fund. The acquisition costs of the emergency safety equipment will be allocated to the tenant departments located within 1025 and 1026 Escobar Street. It is anticipated that 100% of these costs will be General Fund based on the budget composition of the departments at these locations.
BACKGROUND:
On April 6, 2022, Risk Management’s Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Public Access Coordinator provided the County Administrator’s Office with an ADA Public Access Report for the main County Administration Building at 1025 Escobar Street, Martinez. The ADA Public Access Report evaluated the accessibility of the emergency evacuation routes of 1025 Escobar Street for person with a range of disabilities and resulted in Risk Management recommending the purchase and installation of seven (7) Stryker evacuation chairs and four (4) AEDs. After further discussion, it was determined that the number of AEDs purchased should be increased to five (5); one for each floor of the building and one to be installed adjacent to the Board of Supervisors’ chambers.
On August 16, 2024, Risk Management Safety and Loss Control recommended the purchase and installation of four (4) Styker evacuation chairs and three (3) AEDs for County Administration Building B at 1026 Escobar Street, Martinez as a result of a building walkthrough for ADA assessment completed on May 3, 2024.
The quotes provided by Stryker Sales, LLC include the installation hardware with anti-theft devices and a $250 credit for one (1) older LifePAK AED that is no longer supported and was previously installed at 651 Pine Street, Martinez.
Today’s action by the Board is due to the vendor terms and conditions for the purchase including a limitation of liability clause different from the standard form contract language of the County along with a clause making the agreement subject to the laws of the State of Michigan (the state in which the firm is headquartered).
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
Without the purchase of the equipment related to this action, the County will be unable to satisfy the findings of the Risk Management department’s Safety and Loss Control unit as described above.