RECOMMENDATION(S):

Approve and authorize the Purchasing Agent, on behalf of the Health Services Department, to execute an amendment to Purchase Order #F02756 with Arthrex, Inc. to add $90,000 to a new total not to exceed $870,000 for the purchase of all medical instruments, supplies, and implants for Contra Costa Regional Medical Center (CCRMC) with no change in the original term of February 1, 2016 through January 31, 2018.

FISCAL IMPACT:

100% budgeted in Hospital Enterprise Fund I.

BACKGROUND:

CCRMC has increased its use of this vendor’s products as the hospital’s patient load has risen. The recent survey by the California Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services also required CCRMC to purchase new instruments, replace 80% of its stainless steel furniture, purchase new mattresses to replace those that were torn, as well as supplies needed to comply with infection control prevention regulations. CCRMC has used this vendor to buy supplies, instruments, and implants for more than ten years.