Agenda

Return

C. 45

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Date:	October 12, 2021

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Rescind prior Board Action pertaining to Purchase Order with Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 10/12/2021

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:	Jaspreet Benepal, 925-370-5101
cc:	Marcy Wilhelm Marilyn Bybee

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 12, 2021
Monica Nino, County Administrator

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

RESCIND Board action of May 18, 2021 (C.50), which pertained to a purchase order with Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.; and APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Purchasing Agent to execute, on behalf of the Health Services Department, a Purchase Order with Fisher Scientific, LLC, in an amount not to exceed $1,900,000 for the purchase of reagents and supplies including small equipment and Triage Brain Natriuretic Peptide (BNP) tests for the clinical laboratories at the Contra Costa Regional Medical Center (CCRMC) and Contra Costa Health Centers, for the period from May 1, 2021 through April 30, 2026.

FISCAL IMPACT:

Approval of this action will result in annual expenditures of up to $1,900,000 over a five-year period and will be funded 100% by Hospital Enterprise Fund I revenues.

BACKGROUND:

On May 18, 2021, the Board of Supervisors approved Board Order C.50 for a purchase order with Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc., in the amount of $1,900,000 for the purchase of reagents and supplies including small equipment and Triage BNP tests for the clinical laboratories at the CCRMC and Contra Costa Health Centers.

The purpose of this board order is to correct an administrative error in the name of the vendor from Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. to Fisher Scientific, LLC, and change the date termination date from April 30, 2024 to April 30, 2026, as was intended by the Department and negotiated with the vendor.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

If these actions are not approved, the incorrect Board action will stand and the department will not have Board authorization for this agreement under the correct contractor's name and negotiated term.