RECOMMENDATION(S):
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Purchasing Agent to execute, on behalf of the Health Services Director, a purchase order with Werfen USA, LLC, in an amount not to exceed $150,000 for supplies and reagents for Contra Costa Regional Medical Center (CCRMC) and Health Centers for the period May 1, 2018 to April 30, 2019.
FISCAL IMPACT:
100% funding is included in the Hospital Enterprise Fund I budget.
BACKGROUND:
The Clinical Laboratory at CCRMC needs to purchase supplies and reagents for the current ACL TOP 500 (hemostasis) analyzers. The Health Services Department uses the analyzer to perform various tests for patients at CCRMC and no other reagents and supplies may be used.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If this purchase order is not approved, the CCRMC Clinical Laboratory will not be able to perform the tests requested by the physicians of patients who are prescribed Coumadin®.
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