From
Robert Fite, Fire Chief
Title
Award of the Medical Director contract for the City of Grand Prairie to Questcare under the direction of Dr. Sharon Malone in the amount of $64,000 on an annual basis with an effective date of October 1, 2014.
Presenter
Robert Fite, Fire Chief; Bill Murphy, Asst Chief of Operations
Recommended Action
Approve
Analysis
The City of Grand Prairie has been under the Medical Direction of Dr. Cynthia Simmons and Questcare since 2007. Questcare has been a leading Medical Provider across the DFW area and a great partner for the City of Grand Prairie. A Request for Proposal (RFP) was submitted and we received four submittals by the June 20, 2014 deadline. These submittals included Questcare, Careflite, Texas Emergency Medical Consultant, and the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. The Fire Chief reviewed the four proposals and determined it was in the City's best interest to interview the three top firms which included Questcare, Careflite, and Texas Emergency Medical Consultants. At the time, the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center was not chosen for the interview selection because their price was 52% higher or $31,000 above the average and over 300% higher to provide medical education.
The other three firms were interviewed by the committee comprised of Fire Department staff, one Grand Prairie citizen, and one City Councilmember. The committee spent several hours interviewing the candidates and a scoring matrix approved in the RFP was used to determine the best Medical Director for the City of Grand Prairie. The scoring matrix was as follows:
• Offeror’s Qualifications/experience 25%
• Offeror’s Service Capability 40%
• Offeror’s References 15%
• Offeror’s Proposed Price 20%
The committee selection based on the scoring matrix was Questcare and Dr. Sharon Malone.
This communication was presented and approved by the Public Safety, Health and Environmental Committee on August 20, 2014 and the Finance and Government Committee on September 2, 2014.
Financial Consideration
The contract amount is $64,000 on an annual basis. The current Medical Director contract is $60,000 and has not changed since 2007.