07-A EMS 6 Mo. Status Report - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

Kent Klinkerman From: J. Hoskins Uhoskins@cox-internet.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 10:07 PM To: texasems-I@yahoogroups.com Subject: [texasems-L] Fannin County may request proposals for EMS services Fannin County may request proposals for EMS services BY VICKI GRAVES HERALD DEMOCRAT BONHAM Fannin County Commissioners discussed preparing a request for proposals for emergency medical services at a meeting Monday. Cities in the county might combine with the county in requesting proposals and paying for services. County Judge Derrell Hall met with Bonham City Manager Bill Funderburk, Bonham Fire Chief Mike Baker and the city managers of Honey Grove and Leonard last week. They talked about how to put together an RFP for ambulance service and whether or not they would like to do it individually or do a single RFP (request for proposal) that would cover the county and all cities. "It's obvious there will probably be a single provider countywide," Hall said. "My feeling is that the best thing to do would be to go together, under an interlocal agreement, to issue a single RFP for emergency medical services that would cover all the cities and the county." Hall put together a 20-page RFP that contemplates that all of the entities, with the exception of Bells-Savoy and possibly Trenton, would rather go ahead under a single RFP. He has set up a meeting for Friday afternoon with all the mayors and ciry managers. They will talk and make sure this is what everyone wants to do. Hall's RFP includes a schedule. "I think it goes without saying that time is pretty critical and the sooner we get an RPF published, the better off we're going to be," he said. It's going to take 60-90 days to get a new company in place and get their vehicles and 1