The City of Edinburg let out Requests for Proposals (RFP) last year for its ambulance provider. One of the stipulations was that any company submitting an RFP could not have filed for bankruptcy. Like most cities, it presumably wanted a financially stable ambulance provider.
At the time, only one of the two companies vying for the city’s ambulance business had ever filed for bankruptcy – Med-Care EMS. It successfully paid off its debtor – the IRS – but still, that one financial mark on its record kicked it out of the running for Edinburg work.
The city’s ambulance committee recommended Hidalgo County ...