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C. 37

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	William Walker, M.D., Health Services Director
Date:	April 25, 2017

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Purchase Order with Illumina, Inc.

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 04/25/2017

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:	Dan Peddycord, 313-6712
cc:	Tasha Scott Marcy Wilhelm Melody Hung-Fan

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: April 25, 2017
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

Approve and authorize the Purchasing Agent, on behalf of the Health Services Department, to execute a Purchase Order with Illumina, Inc., in the amount not to exceed $109,148 to purchase the MiSeq System for the Public Health Laboratory.

FISCAL IMPACT:

100% Funded by State Homeland Security Grant.

BACKGROUND:

Illumina, Inc. is an industry leader in Next Generation Sequencing equipment, reagents and supplies. Centers for Disease Control and the State laboratory both use the MiSeq system to sequence bacteria and viruses for identification and epidemiology purposes. Sequencing allows public health to link cases in outbreak situations. This system, using deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) sequencing, will allow the public health labortory to identify unknown bacteria and viruses in the most accurate manner.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

If this purchase order is not approved, the Public Health laboratory would not be able to provide DNA and whole genome sequencing of bacteria and viruses for the hospital and the sheriff’s office in emergency situations.