RECOMMENDATION(S):
Approve and authorize the Purchasing Agent, on behalf of the Health Services Department, to execute a blanket Purchase Order with Praxair Distribution, Inc., in the amount of $240,000 to purchase oxygen and other gases for the Respiratory Therapy Unit at the Contra Costa Regional Medical Center and the Contra Costa Health Centers, for the period June 1, 2015 through May 31, 2017.
FISCAL IMPACT:
100% funding is included in the Hospital Enterprise Fund I Budget.
BACKGROUND:
The CCRMC has experienced a large increase in patient load and in patients requiring gases. In order to offer life support with supplemental oxygen and complete some laboratory testing, the CCRMC and Health Centers must have access to various medical gases.
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