DEPARTMENT: Animal Care Services
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Xavier Urrutia
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: City Wide
SUBJECT:
Authorizing a contract with Dr. Courtney Bridgeman for veterinary in-house surgical services.
SUMMARY:
An Ordinance authorizing a contract in an amount up to $150,000.00 with Dr. Courtney Bridgeman to provide veterinary in-house surgical services for a term of September 1, 2016 through September 30, 2017 with the option of one (1) one-year renewal.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
The Animal Care Services (ACS) clinic operates 7 days a week maintaining the shelter health of pets in our care and preparing pets via spay/neuter and specialized surgeries for live release placement through adoption or transfer to ACS rescue groups; necessitating the need for relief Contract Veterinarians to aide ACS Veterinary staff in performing these valuable services. Retaining the services of high-volume surgery providers allows ACS to maintain maximum daily operations of performing over 17,000 spay/neuter and specialized surgeries in-house annually by our Staff and Contract Veterinary team.
Sterilizing pets through spay/neuter surgeries is key in controlling the stray and roaming animal population in San Antonio. Nearly 60,000 spay/neuter surgeries are performed annually through the collaboration of many community partners including the City's Animal Care Services (ACS) - who supports 37,375 of these surgeries. Dr. Bridgeman is a vital partner has the proven ability to perform high-volume surgeries that results in expediting the number of pets leaving the shelter.
The City issued an on-going Request for Application (RFA) in August 2016 soliciting applications for qualified and experienced candidates for Contract Veterinarians at ACS. Due diligence was done by ACS staff ensuring that all Veterinarians are currently licensed to practice Veterinary Medicine in the State of Texas and were interviewed by the ACS Chief Veterinarian to better ascerta...
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