Fiscal Court reconsiders EMD bid, approves Total Response contract at $50,938

Nelson County Fiscal Court voted Jan. 6 to reverse a prior rejection and accept a $50,938 proposal from Total Response to provide an emergency medical dispatch (EMD) system.

Brad (staff) told the court he had previously asked the court to reject the bid owing to a mistaken belief the product was a cloud-based program. He acknowledged his error and said the bid is for an on-premise system that local dispatch centers preferred.

"I was in error," Brad said. After the court agreed to reconsider the December vote, a motion to accept Total Response's $50,938 proposal carried; staff noted the vendor extended a 10% end-of-year discount that saves the county roughly $11,200.

The contract will provide the county's dispatch center with the selected EMD software and associated implementation; the court did not discuss detailed procurement contract terms during the public session.

Next steps: staff will finalize contract documents and implement the system per the vendor agreement.