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C. 67

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Date:	November 29, 2022

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Contract #26-583-33 Specialty Laboratories, Inc. (dba Quest Diagnostics Nichols Institute of Valencia)

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 11/29/2022

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, 925-370-5501
cc:	K Cyr 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 29, 2022
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 #26-583-33 with Specialty Laboratories, Inc. (dba Quest Diagnostics Nichols Institute of Valencia), a corporation, in an amount not to exceed $5,000,000 to provide outside clinical laboratory testing services for Contra Costa Regional Medical Center (CCRMC) and Health Centers, for the period January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2023.

FISCAL IMPACT:

Approval of this contract will result in annual contractual services up to $5,000,000, and will be funded by 80% by Hospital Enterprise Fund I and 20% American Rescue Plan Act.

BACKGROUND:

CCRMC and Contra Costa Health Centers have an obligation to provide laboratory testing services to patients. On occasion, the County contracts with outside laboratory testing services in order to provide testing that requires special equipment not available at County facilities. The contractor has been providing outside clinical laboratory testing services for CCRMC since January 2007.

BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)

On January 19, 2021, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract #26-583-30 with Specialty Laboratories, Inc. (dba Quest Diagnostic Nichols Institute), in an amount not to exceed $7,000,000, for the provision of outside clinical laboratory services for CCRMC and Contra Costa Health Centers, for the period January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2022.

On January 18, 2022, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract Amendment Agreement #26-583-31 effective May 1, 2021, to include additional outside clinical laboratory services, with no change in the payment limit of $7,000,000 or term January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2022.

On May 24, 2022, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract Amendment Agreement #26-583-32, effective April 15, 2022, to modify the contract language to include additional third-party billing services for outside clinical laboratory services, with no change in the payment limit of $7,000,000 or original term.

On September 20, 2022, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract Amendment Agreement #26-583-34 effective, August 10, 2022 to modify the rate schedule to include additional outside laboratory testing services including testing for Monkey Pox virus, with no change in the payment limit of $7,000,000 or to the original term.

Approval of Contract #26-583-33 will allow the contractor to continue providing outside clinical laboratory services for CCRMC and Health Centers through December 31, 2023. This contract includes services provided by represented classifications and the County has met its obligations with the respective labor partner(s).

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

If this contract is not approved, specialized outside laboratory testing services will not be made available to CCRMC by this contractor, which may result in longer wait times for CCRMC patients.