Description
The Walker County Government is seeking proposals to provide Emergency Ambulance Service within the unincorporated areas of the county and the municipalities of Chickamauga, LaFayette, Lookout Mountain, Rossville, and a portion of Fort Oglethorpe. The successful contractor will be responsible for providing 911 emergency care and transport with Advanced Life Support (ALS) Ambulance Service. The contractor must maintain compliance with the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, Title 31, Chapter 11, Article 1, and provide emergency services from the scene to the appropriate health facility or other location for all persons in the service area. The contractor must also provide round-trip transport of inmates at the Walker County Detention Center to the closest appropriate hospital or other health care facility at no charge, and provide "blood draws" for all law enforcement agencies within the county at no charge.
• The contractor must provide five (5) ALS ambulances and crews (1-EMT, EMT-Intermediate or Advanced EMT and 1 Paramedic per ambulance) twenty-four (24) hours a day.
• The contractor must provide one (1) supervisor (Georgia licensed EMT-Intermediate, Advanced EMT, or Paramedic) and a Georgia EMS licensed vehicle with appropriate equipment for the supervisor to respond to calls for service and perform daily operational tasks.
• The contractor must maintain compliance with the Georgia Department of Human Resources, Division of Public Health, and the current Office of EMS/Trauma Procedure Manual.
• The contractor must provide and pay for all administration, insurance, professional expertise, labor, materials, vehicles, and equipment necessary to respond to all emergency and non-emergency calls referred to the contractor by the county.