RECOMMENDATION(S):
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Sheriff-Coroner, or designee, to execute a contract amendment with Forensic Medical Group to increase the payment limit by $2,760,000 to a new payment limit of $3,460,000 for forensic pathology services for the term of July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2019. The increased payment limit should be sufficient to cover the entire term of the contract.
FISCAL IMPACT:
100% County General Fund; $3,460,000. Budgeted.
BACKGROUND:
Forensic Medical Group (FMG) is a California Professional Corporation that specializes in pathology and forensic pathology. The Contractor will assume responsibility for and perform autopsy services for all deaths that fall within the jurisdiction of the Coroner, will prepare as required documents and reports, provide training to personnel, provide court testimony as required, and ensure that quality standards are met for the services performed. This will allow the Sheriff-Coroner’s Office to continue to meet the obligations to provide forensic pathology services.
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