Agenda

Return

C. 45

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Date:	October 13, 2020

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Costa

County

Subject:

Amendment #26-583-28 with Specialty Laboratories, Inc. (dba Quest Diagnostics Nichols Institute of Valencia)

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 10/13/2020

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:	Jaspreet Benepal, 925-370-5501
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: October 13, 2020
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Health Services Director, or designee, to execute on behalf of the County Contract Amendment Agreement #26-583-28 with Specialty Laboratories, Inc. (dba Quest Diagnostics Nichols Institute), a corporation, effective September 1, 2020, to amend Contract #26-583-25 (as amended by Amendment Agreements #26-583-26 and #26-583-27), to increase the payment limit by $8,000,000, from $9,000,000 to a new payment limit of $17,000,000, to provide additional testing for COVID-19, with no change in the original term of January 1, 2019 through December 31, 2020.

FISCAL IMPACT:

This amendment is funded by 100% Federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (Cares) Act.

BACKGROUND:

On January 15, 2019, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract #26-583-25 (as amended by Amendment Agreements #26-583-26 and #26-583-27) with Specialty Laboratories, Inc. (dba Quest Diagnostics Nichols Institute), for the provision of outside clinical laboratory services, for the period of January 1, 2019 through December 31, 2020.

Approval of Contract Amendment Agreement #26-583-28 will allow the Contractor to provide approximately 1,000 COVID-19 tests per day in addition to other outside laboratory testing services, through December 31, 2020.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

If this amendment is not approved, patients requiring outside laboratory services will not have access to the Contractor’s services.