RECOMMENDATION(S):

Approve and authorize the Purchasing Agent, on behalf of the Health Services Department, to execute a change order to Purchase Order #F2595 with Cardinal Health 200, LLC., to add $150,000 for a new total of $249,000 for the purchase of medical supplies for the Clinical Laboratory, Operating Room, Storeroom and Radiology Units of the Contra Costa Regional Medical Center (CCRMC) with no change in the term of January 1, 2015 through December 31, 2017.

FISCAL IMPACT:

100% funding is included in the Hospital Enterprise Fund I Budget.

BACKGROUND:

The CCRMC Clinical Laboratory purchases reagents, blood culture bottles, pregnancy test kits and many other products from this vendor for the purposes of patient testing. The Operating Room, Storeroom, and Radiology Unit also use this Purchase Order to purchase medical supplies for patient care. This Change Order will allow several other Cardinal Blanket Purchase Orders to be cancelled and consolidated into one.