19-R-156 - Purchase of Ambulance and associated equipment with Siddons-MartinRESOLUTION NO. 19 -R -156
A RESOLUTION BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH
SIDDONS - MARTIN EMERGENCY GROUP FOR THE PURCHASE OF ONE (1) NEW
AMBULANCE AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT AND OTHER MATTERS IN
CONNECTION THEREWITH
WHEREAS, The City staff of the City of Schertz (the "City ") has recommended that the
City accept the proposal from Siddons -Martin Emergency Group for the purchase of one (1) Road
Rescue/Ford Ambulance; and
WHEREAS, the Schertz EMS Department has chosen Siddons -Martin Emergency Group,
a HGACBuy Purchasing Cooperative vendor, for the purchase of one (1) Road Rescue/Ford
Ambulance and associated equipment; and
WHEREAS, the total cost of one ambulance and associated equipment will be no more
than $315,000; and
WHEREAS, this purchase will be funded with budgeted operating costs from the FY20
approved budget.
WHEREAS, HGACBuy Purchasing Cooperative is a national online purchasing
cooperative, developed to comply with state laws which require government entities to make
purchases through a competitive procurement process; and
WHEREAS, HGACBuy Purchasing Cooperative gives public entities the advantage of
leveraging the cooperative's ability to obtain bulk discounts, combined with the ease of online,
web -based shopping and ordering; and
WHEREAS, purchases under the cooperative programs meet the requirements under the
Texas Local Government Purchasing Code rule for cooperative purchases as adopted by the City
of Schertz Resolution 11 -R -41 on August 30, 2011 amending the City's purchasing policy;
therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS
THAT:
Section 1. The City Council hereby authorizes the City Manager to enter into an
agreement attached in Exhibit A and issue a Purchase Order compliant with the HGACBuy
Purchasing Cooperative procedures to Siddons -Martin Emergency Group for one ambulance not
to exceed $265,000.
Section 2. The City Council hereby authorizes the City Manager to enter into purchase
agreements for associated equipment needed to place the new ambulance into service from a
variety of vendors in the amount not to exceed $50,000.
Section 3. The recitals contained in the preamble hereof are hereby found to be true,
and such recitals are hereby made a part of this Resolution for all purposes and are adopted as a
part of the judgment and findings of the City Council.
Section 4. All resolutions, or parts thereof, which are in conflict or inconsistent with
any provision of this Resolution are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict, and the
provisions of this Resolution shall be and remain controlling as to the matters resolved herein.
Section 5. This Resolution shall be construed and enforced in accordance with the
laws of the State of Texas and the United States of America.
Section 6. If any provision of this Resolution or the application thereof to any person
or circumstance shall be held to be invalid, the remainder of this Resolution and the application
of such provision to other persons and circumstances shall nevertheless be valid, and the City
Council hereby declares that this Resolution would have been enacted without such invalid
provision.
Section 7. It is officially found, determined, and declared that the meeting at which
this Resolution is adopted was open to the public and public notice of the time, place, and subject
matter of the public business to be considered at such meeting, including this Resolution, was
given, all as required by Chapter 551, Texas Government Code, as amended.
Section 8. This Resolution shall be in force and effect from and after its
final passage, and it is so resolved.
PASSED AND ADOPTED, this 3rd day of December 2019.
CITY OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS
R61A'Guddrez, Mayor
ATTEST.