RECOMMENDATION(S):
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Purchasing Agent to execute, on behalf of the Health Services Director, an amendment to Purchase Order #F47494 with Werfen USA, LLC., to increase the payment limit by $100,000 for a new payment limit of $513,275 for purchase of the ACL TOP 500 analyzer and supplies and reagents for the clinical laboratory at the Contra Costa Regional Medical Center (CCRMC), with no change in the original term of May 1, 2013 through April 30, 2018.
FISCAL IMPACT:
100% funding is included in the Hospital Enterprise Fund I budget.
BACKGROUND:
The CCRMC Clinical Laboratory needs to upgrade the ACL TOP analyzer and also needs to purchase supplies and reagents for the analyzer. The Health Services Department uses the analyzer to perform various tests for CCRMC patients. The current analyzer was purchased back in 2006 and is now past its useful life.
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