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C. 88

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	William Walker, M.D., Health Services Director
Date:	December 13, 2011

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Purchase Order with NEXUS

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 12/13/2011

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Gayle B. Uilkema, District II Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:	David Runt (313-6220)
cc:	J Pigg D Gary David Runt Patrick Wilson

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: December 13, 2011
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

Approve and authorize the Purchasing Agent on behalf of the Health Services Department, to execute, a Purchase Order with NEXUS, in an amount not to exceed $850,335.25, for purchase of hardware, software and maintenance for an EMC Avamar data backup system, for the period from December 14, 2011 through December 13, 2015.

FISCAL IMPACT:

This Purchase order is fully funded by (a) the Medicare & Medicaid Electronic Health Records (EHR) Incentive Program of the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act (ARRA) and (b) the Delivery System Reform and Incentive Pool (DSRIP) funding. No County funds required.

BACKGROUND:

Contra Costa Regional Medical Center and Clinics (CCRMC) requires a data backup system for the Epic electronic health record (EHR). This will replace the current backup system which will not meet the recovery objectives for the enterprise Epic EHR and meet encryption requirements for HIPAA and HITECH. This solution replaces our current 3 vendor backup architecture.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

If this purchase is not approved, failure to procure a data backup solution will prevent CCHS from implementing the EPIC Project in a timely manner and not able to take maximum advantage of the technologies available through the Epic EHR.

CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:

Not Applicable.