CARE "might" have Santa Ana lined up, they also "might" have a contract setup for city of orange and they "might" have something going with Westminster. Allegedly of course.
Who actually runs Westminister right now? It's OCFA, so I doubt that they run their own ambulances. I thought it was Care, but Westminister isn't listed on their website.
Well, Doctors and Care are split basically along the 55. Given the experience requirments given in the RFP (either 3 consecutive years as primary in a system at least 80% of the call volume as SA in the past 10 years or 2 consecutive years as primary at 80% call volume in the last 5 years with CAAS accreditation), the only companies in OC that really qualify is Care and Doctors. I don't think that Medix has the run volume in Mission Viejo to qualify nor Emergency with the handful of Northern North County cities they have (Brea, Placentia, etc).
Since reimbursement is, "Give us a price for ambulances and billing and we get all of the money from any billing done. You pay for any mutual aid used" and the need to maintain both dedicated ("tier 1" service) and non-dedicated units ("tier 2 services"), it doesn't make sense for the non-OC companies to make a bid. The other major OC players (Lynch, Pacific, Shoreline. Am I really missing anyone?) don't qualify since they aren't primary 911 providers... anyplace.
Since Care already has Fountain Valley, Costa Mesa, and Garden Groove, they're much better positioned to be able to cheaply provide tier 2 service, unlike Doctors where the bulk of their cities are in South, South county. Tustin and Irvine really aren't that much (granted, Fountain Valley isn't that much either...).
How much of a chance do you think Doctors has with Santa Ana?
Do you think any non-OC companies have a chance or want a 911 contract in OC given the lack of other services provided in the county?
Maybe Americare can be a spoiler given their other contracts in the So. Cal area.
Link to RFP:
http://www.ci.santa-ana.ca.us/finan...ulance_transport_related_services_phase_1.pdf
