Ambulance Designs And Specifications

[island emt]

you are very bad trevor :-]

[Arctickat]

Yeah, and I don't out up with stupid shit either.

[yakc130]

Well. Had an interesting meeting today with one of the squad reps.

While discussing general information about requests and requirements for what we are looking for, my young acting Chief pipes in that something happened yesterday, and now, the CEO of the hospital wants to know why we can't operate. Long and the short of it, the Chief says "well, I really like this company, and the CEO says we need to replace the ambulances right away." Then turns to me and says, "Can you go ahead and have specifications done by Saturday to turn into him at the meeting we are having?"

The Rep and I look at each other like

I try to explain that you can't do something like this in a month, let alone a week. The Rep is jumping in agreeing with me, but it was no good. So now, I am being told that on Saturday, we will have a meeting with the CEO or his designee. We are going to ask for a direct purchase order to eliminate the bidding process. Once I have the specs emailed to me from this company, they want me to have everything ready and finished in two weeks.

I just cannot get it through people's heads that speccing and buying a fleet of ambulances is not like going out to Walmart, comparing wide screen, HD TV's, and buying one.

Just wow.