RECOMMENDATION(S):
Approve and authorize the Purchasing Agent on behalf of the Health Services Department to execute a Purchase Order with Beckman Coulter, Inc., in the amount of $950,000 for reagents and supplies to perform chemistry testing and monthly meter billing in the laboratory at Contra Costa Regional Medical Center (CCRMC), for the period from January 1, 2014 through December 31, 2014.
FISCAL IMPACT:
!00% Funding is including in the Enterprise Fund I Budget.
BACKGROUND:
These reagents and supplies are used to perform routine chemistry testing on patient samples in the laboratory at CCRMC. Monthly billing is for various tests done and replenishment of supplies. Purchase of supplies and reagents are on an as needed basis and the monthly lease on the analyzer is billed at the rates included in the Purchase Order.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
The CCRMC Clinical Laboratory will not be able to perform patient testing without the requested supplies and reagents.
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