RECOMMENDATION(S):
RESCIND Board action of September 21, 2021 (C.50), which pertained to an amendment to a purchase order with ASD Healthcare; and APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Purchasing Agent to execute, on behalf of the Health Services Department, an amendment to Purchase Order with ASD Healthcare to increase the payment limit by $500,000 for a new payment limit of $795,000 for the purchase of Remdesivir for Contra Costa Regional Medical Center patients with no change in the term of January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2021.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this purchase order amendment will result in $500,000 of additional annual expenditures and will be funded by 100% of the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) allocations.
BACKGROUND:
Contra Costa Regional Medical Center Pharmacy Department has been purchasing Remdesivir for the treatment of COVID-19 patients at Contra Costa Regional Medical Center from ASD Healthcare. ASD Healthcare is the only Federal Government authorized distributer.
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