Subject: Communication sponsored by Alder Horton, on behalf of the Fire Chief, requesting permission for the Purchasing Manager to sole source the purchase of a 2026 Ford/Horton Medical Response Unit (Ambulance) from Foster Coach of Sterling, Illinois utilizing the Sourcewell Contract #122123-RVG. Recommendation of the Finance and Personnel Committee on 12-08-2025: It is the recommendation of the Finance and Personnel Committee that the Council waive formal bidding and the Purchasing Manager be directed to purchase a 2026 Ford/Horton Medical Response Unit (ambulance) from Foster Coach of Sterling, Illinois using the Sourcewell Contract #122123-RVG. Fiscal Note: Funding has been approved in the 2026 Fire Department Capital Improvement Program. $330,000 in Account #45030-57310.

What this record is

Held by

Foster Coach of Sterling

Amount

$330K

Runs until

no end date published in this record

Type

purchase

Field

Vehicles & equipment

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Committee

Finance and Personnel Committee

Introduced

November 26, 2025

Passed

December 16, 2025