RECOMMENDATION(S):
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Health Services Director, or designee, to execute a Purchase Order with Clear Labs, Inc., in the amount not to exceed $2,000,000 for the purchase of testing reagents and kits for SARS-CoV-2 and other pandemic virus whole genome sequencing at the Contra Costa County Public Health Laboratory, for the period from September 1, 2021 through August 30, 2022.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this purchase order will result in annual expenditures of up to $2,000,000 and funded by the United States Center for Disease Control Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity (ELC) awarded grant, COVID-19 ELC Enhancing Detection Expansion (Strategy 2: Strengthen Laboratory Testing).
BACKGROUND:
This purchase order will consolidate previous purchase orders created throughout the year for Clear Labs, Inc. various laboratory supplies (collection kits, reagents, plastic consumables) requied by the Contra Costa County Public Health Laboratory.
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