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C. 47

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Date:	January 19, 2021

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Contract #26-583-30 Specialty Laboratories, Inc. (dba Quest Diagnostics Nichols Institute of Valencia)

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 01/19/2021

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Diane Burgis, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:	Samir Shah, M.D., 925-370-5525
cc:	Marcy Wilhelm

I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: January 19, 2021
Monica Nino, County Administrator

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Health Services Director, or designee, to execute on behalf of the County Contract #26-583-30 with Specialty Laboratories, Inc. (dba Quest Diagnostics Nichols Institute of Valencia), a corporation, in an amount not to exceed $7,000,000, to provide clinical laboratory testing services at Contra Costa Regional Medical Center (CCRMC) and Health Centers, for the period from January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2022.

FISCAL IMPACT:

This contract will result in contractual service expenditures of up to $7,000,00 over a 2 year period and will be funded 71% by Hospital Enterprise Fund I and 29% applicable federal and state emergency funding.

BACKGROUND:

Certain laboratory tests require equipment not available at CCRMC's laboratory and are rarely requested tests. Because of the large number and diversity of laboratory tests used by the medical community to make diagnoses, most hospitals have to utilize outside laboratories as it is too cost prohibitive to provide tests on site. The County has contracted with this laboratory for specialized laboratories since 2007.

BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)

On January 15, 2019, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract #26-583-25 with Specialty Laboratories Inc. (dba Quest Diagnostics Nichols Institute of Valencia) in an amount not to exceed $4,650,000, to provide clinical laboratory services, including but not limited to diagnostic testing services requested by CCRMC and Health Centers, for the period from January 1, 2019 through December 31, 2020.

On March 31, 2020, the Board of Supervisors approved Amendment Agreement #26-583-26 to increase the payment limit by $350,000 to a new total of $5,000,000 for COVID-19 testing with no change in the original term. On July 28, 2020, the Board of Supervisors approved Amendment Agreement #26-583-27 to increase the payment Limit by $4,000,000 to a new total of $9,000,000 for additional COVID-19 testing with no change in the original term. On October 13, 2020, the Board of Supervisors approved Amendment Agreement #26-583-28 to increase the payment limit by $8,000,000 to a new total of $17,000,000 for additional COVID-19 testing services with no change in the original term.

Approval of Contract #26-583-30 will allow the contractor to continue to provide clinical laboratory services including COVID-19 testing at CCRMC and Health Centers through December 31, 2022.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

If this contract is not approved, essential clinical laboratory services necessary to treat patients at CCRMC and Health Centers will not be available.