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C.104

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Date:	February 12, 2019

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Purchase Order with Biomerieux, Inc.

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 02/12/2019

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

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

Contact:	Jaspreet Benepal, 925-370-5101
cc:	Marcy Wilhelm Margaret Harris

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: February 12, 2019
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Purchasing Agent to execute, on behalf of the Health Services Director, a Purchase Order with Biomerieux Inc., in an amount not to exceed $198,000 for the purchase of reagents and supplies needed for the Vitek II for the Contra Costa Regional Medical Center (CCRMC) and the Contra Costa Health Centers Clinical Laboratory for the period from January 1, 2019 through December 31, 2019.

FISCAL IMPACT:

100% funded by the Hospital Enterprise Fund I.

BACKGROUND:

Biomerieux, Inc. supplies the reagents needed for the identification and sensitivities of pathogenic organisms from culture of body fluids and blood to be tested on the Vitek II. We have a long-standing history of utilizing this vendor upwards of a decade.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

If this contract is not approved, then CCRMC Clinical Laboratory cannot perform the needed test(s) for the medical staff of the hospital to proceed with treatment.