RECOMMENDATION(S):

Approve and authorize the Health Services Director, or his designee, to execute, on behalf of the County, Contract Extension Agreement #76-553-1 with The Regents of the University of California, San Francisco, a California Constitutional Corporation, to extend the termination date from November 30, 2017 to November 30, 2018, to continue to provide pediatric cardiology services at the Contra Costa Regional Medical Center (CCRMC).

FISCAL IMPACT:

This contract is funded 100% by Hospital Enterprise Fund I. There is no change being made to the contract payment limit of $50,000.

BACKGROUND:

On December 20, 2016, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract #76-553, with The Regents of the University of California, San Francisco, a California Constitutional Corporation, for the provision of pediatric cardiology services, including fetal echocardiograms and electrocardiograms for the Pediatrics Unit at the Contra Costa Regional Medical Center through November 30, 2017. This contract includes mutual indemnification.