Agenda

Return

C. 25

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Date:	November 23, 2021

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Contract #26-692-21 with Applied Remedial Services, Inc.

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 11/23/2021

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, 925-370-5100
cc:	E Suisala M 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 23, 2021
Monica Nino, County Administrator

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Health Services Director, or designee, to execute on behalf of the County Contract #26-692-21 with Applied Remedial Services, Inc., a corporation, in an amount not to exceed $707,056, to provide removal and disposal of hazardous waste materials, in addition to audit reporting and annual in-service staff education services at Contra Costa Regional Medical Center (CCRMC) and Contra Costa Health Centers, for the period from January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2022.

FISCAL IMPACT:

Approval of this contract will result in budgeted expenditures of up to $707,056 and will be funded 100% by Hospital Enterprise Fund I revenues.

BACKGROUND:

CCRMC has been contracting with Applied Remedial Services, Inc., since April 2011 to provide removal and disposal of hazardous waste at CCRMC and all the Health Centers to comply with State and Federal Regulations. CCRMC and Contra Costa Health Centers are monitored on a quarterly basis to ensure hazardous waste is being disposed properly. The contractor has its own lab in which the chemist inspects and prepares profile reports and documents for disposal facilities, and waste research with disposal facility. They inventory hazardous waste materials; sort and package chemical waste and clean up spilled material. They deliver supplies, package chemical waste from the morgue, pharmacy, public health, pathology and the hazardous waste shed.

On November 17, 2020, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract #26-692-19 with Applied Remedial Services, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $547,056, to provide removal and disposal of hazardous waste materials at CCRMC and Contra Costa Health Centers, for the period January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2021.

On January 19, 2021, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract Amendment Agreement #26-692-20, to increase the payment limit by $160,000 to a new payment limit of $707,056, to provide additional removal of hazardous waste and chemical services from CCRMC and Contra Costa Health Centers with no change in the term of January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2021

Approval of Contract #26-692-21 will allow the contractor to continue to provide removal and disposal of hazardous waste materials through December 31, 2022.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

If this contract is not approved, CCRMC will not have access to this contractor’s services, and will not be compliant with mandatory State and Federal regulations.