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C. 75

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	William Walker, M.D., Health Services Director
Date:	December 6, 2016

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Contract #23-401-1 with FirstWatch Solutions, Inc.

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 12/06/2016

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:	Patricia Frost, 925-646-4690
cc:	Tasha Scott 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: December 6, 2016
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

Approve and authorize the Health Services Director, or his designee, to execute, on behalf of the County, Contract #23–401-1 with FirstWatch Solutions, Inc., a corporation, in an amount not to exceed $500,000, to provide data link services for the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) web-based data surveillance systems, for the period from January 1, 2017 through December 31, 2019.

FISCAL IMPACT:

This Contract is funded 100% Hospital Enterprise Fund I.

BACKGROUND:

Under Contract #23-403-1, the Contractor will provide installation and configuration of the data link for the EMS web-based data surveillance systems including developing and testing interfaces, training and hosting services, through December 31, 2019.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

If this contract is not approved, the dispatch, prehospital and hospital data would not be tracked in the County’s EMS surveillance systems and the County would not meet the requirements of the California’s Whole Person Care Initiative.

CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:

Not applicable.