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What has the City paid on purchase order SC87CO26144710M?
$155K paid to Symons Emergency Specialties, Inc. across 17 payments from January 12, 2026 to September 3, 2026, charged to ZOO / Contractual Services.
What it was for
Contractual Services
Budget line.
Order description, as published:
EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE @ LA ZOO
Approval records
- Contract C-144710Award recorded in the City's procurement portal; see below.
Order dated December 11, 2025.
Paid from
General Fund
discretionary tax dollars — this competes with police, fire, parks and everything else.
Department: ZOO
Awarded and paid so far
The City's procurement portal, RAMP, records contract C-144710 (the number embedded in this order's number, SC87CO26144710M) as awarded to Symons Emergency Specialties, Inc. for $225.0K (request for proposal), effective December 5, 2023 and expiring December 4, 2024. This order has paid $155.1K, 69% of that figure.
The award amount and dates are as entered in RAMP; later amendments that change a contract's ceiling or term are not always reflected there, and a contract can be paid through orders not shown on this page. RAMP title: “On-Site Contract Emergency Medical Technician Services”. See the award on RAMP
Every payment, in order
Payment requests are numbered sequentially by the City, so the order here is the order they were approved. Several requests clearing on one day usually means invoices were held and released together.
| # | Paid | Invoiced | Lag | Reference | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | January 12, 2026 | January 6, 2026 | 6d | EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE @ LA ZOO | $13,520 |
| 2 | January 12, 2026 | January 6, 2026 | 6d | EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE @ LA ZOO | $6,598 |
| 3 | February 11, 2026 | February 2, 2026 | 9d | EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE @ LA ZOO | $16,120 |
| 4 | February 11, 2026 | February 2, 2026 | 9d | EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE @ LA ZOO | $3,673 |
| 5 | March 9, 2026 | March 3, 2026 | 6d | EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE @ LA ZOO - FEB. 2026 | $14,560 |
| 6 | April 7, 2026 | April 2, 2026 | 5d | EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE @ LA ZOO - MARCH 2026 | $16,120 |
| 7 | April 7, 2026 | April 2, 2026 | 5d | EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE @ LA ZOO | $390 |
| 8 | May 11, 2026 | May 7, 2026 | 4d | EMT DAYTIME SERVICE @ LA ZOO - APRIL 2026 | $15,600 |
| 9 | May 11, 2026 | May 7, 2026 | 4d | EMT NIGHTTIME SERVICE @ LA ZOO | $488 |
| 10 | June 9, 2026 | June 6, 2026 | 3d | EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE @ LA ZOO - DAYTIME FOR MAY 2026 | $16,120 |
| 11 | June 9, 2026 | June 6, 2026 | 3d | EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE @ LA ZOO - NIGHTTIME FOR MAY 2026 | $1,788 |
| 12 | August 3, 2026 | August 3, 2026 | 0d | EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE @ LA ZOO - DAYTIME FOR JUNE 2026 | $15,600 |
| 13 | August 3, 2026 | August 3, 2026 | 0d | EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE @ LA ZOO - NIGHTTIME FOR JUNE 2026 | $845 |
| 14 | August 12, 2026 | August 4, 2026 | 8d | EMT DAYTIME SERVICE @ LA ZOO - JULY 2026 | $16,120 |
| 15 | August 12, 2026 | August 4, 2026 | 8d | CPR & FIRST AID TRAINING @ LA ZOO - 7/28/26 | $990 |
| 16 | August 12, 2026 | August 4, 2026 | 8d | EMT NIGHT-TIME SERVICE @ LA ZOO - JULY 2026 | $569 |
| 17 | September 3, 2026 | September 2, 2026 | 1d | EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE @ LA ZOO | $15,990 |
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Sources
LA Controller, Checkbook LA (pggv-e4fn), read live and grouped by po_num, which is populated on about 90% of payments. Council files link to the City Clerk's Council File Management System. Award from RAMP Opportunity Awards (h8mw-iegk), matched on the contract number embedded in this order's number and on the vendor's name. The City's biggest contracts · The checkbook.