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CITY OF KENAI
RESOLUTION NO. 2018 -34
A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA, AWARDING A
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT FOR AMBULANCE BILLING SERVICES TO
SYSTEMS DESIGN WEST, LLC.
WHEREAS, Section 7.15 .060 of Kenai 's Municipal Code for procurement of professional services
requires a request for proposals for contracting of professional services in excess of $35,000 .00;
and ,
WHEREAS, on May 15, 2018, the following proposals to perform ambulance billing services for
the City of Kenai were received:
Proposer
Systems Design West, LLC.
LifeQuest Services
Fire Recovery EMS, LLC .
Score
384.95
351.00
307.00; and,
WHEREAS , Systems Design West, LLC provided the highest ranked proposal; and,
WHEREAS, award of the contract to Systems Design West, LLC is in the best interest of the City
of Kenai.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA:
Section 1. That the City Manager is authorized to execute a professional services agreement
for the City of Kena i's ambulance billing services to the highest ranking proposer, Systems Design
West, LLC.
Section 2. That the City Manager is authorized to issue a purchase order in the amount of
$21,000.00 for the estimated FY2019 ambulance billing services.
Section 3. That this resolution takes effect immed iately upon adoption .
ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA, this 20th day of June, 2018 .
MEMORANDUM
TO: Mayor Brian Gabriel and Kenai City Council
THROUGH: Paul Ostrander, City Manager
FROM: Jeff Tucker, Fire Chief
DATE: June 7, 2018
SUBJECT: Resolution No. 2018-34 Professional Services Agreement Award for
ambulance billing services
The purpose of this memo is to request Council approval for Resolution No. 2018-34. Resolution
No. 2018-34 will award a three-year Professional Services Agreement, with the opportunity for
one, two-year extension by mutual agreement, for ambulance billing services.
A request for proposal was released on May 1, 2018 and three responses were received by May
15, 2018. A committee of four reviewed and ranked the proposals based on four criteria
categories: 1. Qualification, Experience and Resources, 2. Key Staff, 3. Methodology and
Approach, 4. Cost/Fee Schedule. Ranking of proposals was based on a weighted point system
for each of the four categories with the following results:
Proposer Score
Systems Design West, LLC 384.95
LifeQuest Services 351.00
Fire Recovery EMS, LLC 307.00
Systems Design West, LLC provided a cost proposal of $22.50 per run plus actual postage,
LifeQuest Services provided a cost proposal of $19.75 per run and Fire Recovery EMS, LLC
provided a cost proposal of $19.95 per run.
Systems Design West, LLC was the highest ranking proposer and execution of a Professional
Services Agreement for ambulance billing services with Systems Design West, LLC is
recommended.