RECOMMENDATION(S):
Approve and Authorize the Purchasing Agent, on behalf of the Health Services Department, to execute an amendment to Purchase Order #55465 with Sanofi Pasteur, Inc., to add $65,000 for a new total of $215,000 for vaccines and other injectable medications for the Contra Costa Reginal Medical Center and the Contra Costa Health Centers with no change in the original term of January 1, 2015 through December 31, 2015.
FISCAL IMPACT:
100% funding is included in the Enterprise Fund I Budget.
BACKGROUND:
Sanofi Pasteur, Inc. is a pharmaceutical company that provides the hospital and the clinics with vaccines and other injectable medications. The request for additional funds is based on higher utilization of vaccines and injectable medications due to service expansion.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
Without these vaccines and injectable medications, we will not be able to take care of our patient population at the Contra Costa Regional Medical Center and the Contra Costa Health Centers.
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