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C. 41

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Date:	November 17, 2020

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Purchase Order with Abbott Laboratories

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 11/17/2020

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:	Daniel Peddycord, 925-313-6712
cc:	Melody Hung-Fan 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: November 17, 2020
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Purchasing Agent to execute, on behalf of Health Services Department, a Purchase Order with Abbott Laboratories, in an amount not to exceed $800,000 to purchase Hepatitis testing kits and reagents for the Contra Costa Regional Medical Center Public Health laboratory, for the period from October 1, 2020 through September 30, 2022.

FISCAL IMPACT:

If approved, the purchase order will be 100% funded by the Hospital Enterprise Fund I.

BACKGROUND:

Abbott Laboratories provides the reagents required for use with the testing instrument in our Public Health Laboratory. The reagents are necessary for specimens to be tested for Hepatitis A, B and C antibodies. These tests are used to detect both acute and chronic Hepatitis infections in patients seen at the Contra Costa Regional Medical Center and Contra Costa Health Centers.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

If this purchase order is not approved the health care system would not be able to detect Hepatitis antigen and antibodies in those patients who have been exposed, resulting in higher health care cost when they develop disease in later years. The testing would then need to be conducted by outside commercial labs at a greater cost to the County.