RECOMMENDATION(S):
Approve and authorize the Purchasing Agent, on behalf of the Health Services Department, to execute a change order to purchase order #F26646 with Polymedco to add $150,000 to a new total of $544,358, for the period from December 1, 2009 through November 30, 2013, for reagents and supplies to perform immunochemical fecal occult blood testing.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The total cost of $544,358 is funded by Enterprise Fund I.
BACKGROUND:
Polymedco’s OC-Auto Micro 80 Analyzer with FOBT-CHECKOC Reagents is an automated immunochemical fecal occult blood testing system that detects human red cells only with no interferences from red meat, turnips, melons, aspirin, anti-inflammatory drugs and Vitamin C. This improvement directs many more of the “right” patients to colonoscopy leading to the earlier detection of polyps and colorectal cancer. Other advantages include: 1) The collection kit is simpler to use than the guaic card. 2) This methodology requires only one sample compared to 3 samples of guaic, resulting in a higher patient compliance rate. 3) There are no dietary restrictions as this is specific for human hemoglobin.
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