Agenda

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C. 70

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Date:	December 14, 2021

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Purchase Order with GE Precision Healthcare, LLC

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 12/14/2021

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

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

ABSENT:

Diane Burgis, District III Supervisor

Contact:	Jaspreet Benepal, 925-370-5101
cc:	Marcy Wilhelm Marilyn Bybee

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 14, 2021
Monica Nino, County Administrator

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Purchasing Agent, to execute, on behalf of the Health Services Director, a purchase order with GE Precision Healthcare, LLC, in an amount not to exceed $409,626.54, to authorize payments to GE during the period from July 1, 2021, through March 30, 2023, in connection with the lease of a mobile computed tomography (CT) scanner.

FISCAL IMPACT:

Approval of this purchase order will result in expenditures of up to $409,627 for the period July 1, 2021 through March 31, 2023 and is 100% funded in the Hospital Enterprise Fund I budget.

BACKGROUND:

Prior to the COVID pandemic, the Contra Costa Regional Medical Center (CCRMC) had a single computed tomography (CT) scanner. To meet the increased demand for CT scans at the beginning of the pandemic, using the COVID Purchase Order, the Contra Costa Regional Medical Center (CCRMC) entered into a 60-month lease agreement for a mobile CT scanner to augment the existing scanner.

During this time, there was a shortage of mobile CTs in the US marketplace. As a long-term provider of services to the hospital, GE extended an offer to include the rental of a mobile CT scanner while our scanner was being built. This afforded CCRMC the immediate ability to provide continuity of care to our patients. Other vendors were contacted, and none were prepared to provide CCRMC similar services in a timeframe to meet CCRMC’s needs.

On May 26, 2020, the Board of Supervisors authorized and ratified a 60-month lease, with payments not to exceed $1,255,136, for the lease of a mobile CT scanner (see Item C.43; the lease began on the delivery of the equipment in or about March 2020.) Payments under the lease were initially covered under the COVID-19 blanket purchase order, to ensure the County could seek reimbursement from the federal government for any eligible expenses. However, that blanket purchase order expired June 30, 2021, and, due to an administrative oversight, a subsequent purchase order was not requested at that time.

To ensure that GE will continue to be paid under the lease, the department requires authorization to issue a separate purchase order. The funds covered by the purchase order are included in the lease payments previously approved by the Board. To ensure uninterrupted use of the mobile CT scanner, and to comply with lease terms, Health Services recommends that the Board authorize issuing this purchase order.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

If this purchase order is not approved, CCRMC will have to rely on the single scanner and not be able to treat patients requiring CT scans in a timely manner.