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C.109

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	William Walker, M.D., Health Services Director
Date:	July 11, 2017

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Purchase Order with Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 07/11/2017

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:	Anna Roth, 925-370-5101
cc:	Tasha Scott 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: July 11, 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 Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., in the amount not to exceed $160,000, to purchase reagents and supplies for the chemistry, urinalysis and microbiology units, and the Variant II Turbo System at the Contra Costa Regional Medical Center (CCRMC), for the period from July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018.

FISCAL IMPACT:

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

BACKGROUND:

The CCRMC Clinical Laboratory uses Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., reagents, various controls, and methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) media, supplies for the chemistry, urinalysis and microbiology department as well as reagents and supplies for the Variant II Turbo Systems. These are used to perform tests on patients for various conditions and to check for infections.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

If this purchase order is not approved, the CCRMC Clinical Laboratory will not be able to perform patient testing, thus impacting patient safety and health.