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The following is additional information regarding Invitation to Bid # SCL-3841 titled Emergency Medical and Safety Classes released on 09/26/2017. The due date and time for responses is 10/16/17 2PM (Pacific). This addendum includes both questions from prospective proposers and the City’s answers and revisions to the ITB. This addendum is hereby made part of the ITB and therefore, the information contained herein shall be taken into consideration when preparing and submitting a bid.

|Item # |Date Received |Date Answered |Vendor’s Question |City’s Answer |ITB Revisions |

|2 |09/29/17 |10/04/17 |The bid offer form contains items which aren’t |Yes. The City asks Vendors to complete the Bid Offer Form that is | |

| | | |covered in the Scope of Work section of the ITB. |embedded in the ITB. | |

| | | |Do Vendors need to bid on these items? | | |

|3 |09/29/17 |10/04/17 |Do Vendors only bid on the items covered in the |No. See question 2. | |

| | | |Scope of Work section of the ITB? | | |

|4 |10/02/17 |10/04/17 |Regarding 5D, item #3 "Instructors must carry |Yes. The course being presented by the Instructor must conform to the | |

| | | |instructor certification from the American Heart |2015 American Heart Association (AHA) Guidelines Update for | |

| | | |Association" - does this also mean that the |Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) & Emergency Cardiovascular Care | |

| | | |courses required by this bid must also be American|(ECC). The course must also conform to the 2015 American Red Cross | |

| | | |Heart Association courses?  |(ARC) Guidelines Update for First Aid. Most First Aid/ CPR courses | |

| | | | |conform to these guidelines, including the American Red Cross | |

|5 |10/02/17 |10/04/17 |May other course providers such as the American |No. | |

| | | |Red Cross, or the National Safety Council etc be | | |

| | | |used as long as the instructor presenting the | | |

| | | |course is an AHA certified instructor? | | |

|6 |10/02/17 |10/04/17 |While student minimums etc are shown in the bid, |SCL requests one instructor per 20 students. | |

| | | |what is the required ratio of number of | | |

| | | |instructors per number of students?  (e.g. 10 | | |

| | | |students per instructor? so that if say there are | | |

| | | |18 students we are required to have 2 instructors | | |

| | | |teaching the course.) | | |

|7 |10/02/17 |10/04/17 |If in fact the requirement is that AHA courses be |No. See question 6. | |

| | | |used, do we then follow the AHA's guidelines for | | |

| | | |student-to-instructor ratios? | | |

|8 |10/02/17 |10/04/17 |If in fact it is the AHA course that is required, |The course being presented by the Instructor must conform to the 2015 | |

| | | |does that also mean that ALL AHA course-delivery |American Heart Association (AHA) Guidelines Update for Cardiopulmonary | |

| | | |directives must be followed?  The most prominent |Resuscitation (CPR) & Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC). The course | |

| | | |example from the AHA 2017 "Program Administration |must also conform to the 2015 American Red Cross (ARC) Guidelines | |

| | | |Manual": "Each student must have the current |Update for First Aid. Each student should have their own course | |

| | | |appropriate course textbook readily available for |textbook throughout the course. | |

| | | |use before, during, and after the course." | | |

|9 |10/03/17 |10/04/17 |Does the City have an estimate on how many |No employee count is available but, the City provided the spend for the| |

| | | |employees will take part in these courses? |last 12 months in the ITB. | |

|10 |10/03/17 |10/04/17 |Is it permissible to bid on some courses and not |Yes. | |

| | | |others? | | |

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