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C.110

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

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Purchase Order with Leica Microsystems, 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:	tscott M 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 Leica Microsystems, Inc., in the amount not to exceed $480,000, to purchase reagents and supplies for the Pathology Department at the Contra Costa Regional Medical Center (CCRMC), for the period from August 1, 2017 to July 31, 2022.

FISCAL IMPACT:

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

BACKGROUND:

The CCRMC Clinical Laboratory uses Leica Microsystems, Inc. reagents and supplies for tests to be performed on the Bond Max, along with printer and cover-slipper. Without these items immunohistochemically stain tests cannot be performed to differentiate the different kinds of cancers that help pathologists determine an accurate diagnosis of the tissue.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

If this Purchase Order is not approved, the CCRMC Pathology Department will not be able to perform the detailed level of patient testing necessary to treat patients in a timely manner, thus potentially impacting patient safety and health.