RECOMMENDATION(S):
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Health Services Director, or designee, to execute on behalf of the County Agreement #23-722 including mutual indemnification with the Regents of the University of California, on behalf of its Nelson Lab, a California public corporation, in an amount not to exceed $8,190 to provide analysis of SARS-CoV-2 viral concentration in wastewater samples, for the period from July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this agreement will result in annual expenditures of up to $8,190 and will be funded 100% by the Federal Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity (ELC) Enhancing Detection Expansion Grant.
BACKGROUND:
Under this contract the University’s Nelson lab will analyze SARS-CoV-2 viral concentrations in three wastewater samples per week in July, August and September from Contra Costa County. The data will be shared with local public health departments and the California Department of Public Health to facilitate informed decision-making about COVID-19 response.
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