To: Board of Supervisors
From: Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Report Title: Agreement #26-338-29 with American Red Cross
☒Recommendation of the County Administrator ☐ Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Health Services Director, or designee, to execute on behalf of the County Agreement #26-338-29 with American Red Cross, a non-profit corporation, in an amount not to exceed $2,000,000, to provide total blood and blood component products and associated services as needed for patients at the Contra Costa Regional Medical Center (CCRMC) and Contra Costa Health Centers for the period from July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2027.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this contract will result in expenditures of up to $2,000,000 over a three-year period and will be funded 100% by Hospital Enterprise Fund I revenues. (Rate increase)
BACKGROUND:
CCRMC has been contracting with the American Red Cross since 1998 for their expertise in providing total blood and blood component products and associated services as needed for patients at CCRMC and Contra Costa Health Centers. These contracted services were determined to be exempt from Administrative Bulletin 600.3 solicitation requirements by the Public Works Department’s Purchasing Division.
On September 10, 2019, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract #26-338-24 with American Red Cross, in an amount not to exceed $1,500,000 with ARC for the provision of total blood and blood component products and services associated as needed for CCRMC patients for the period July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2023.
On June 22, 2021, the Board of Supervisors approved Amendment Agreement #26-338-26 with American Red Cross, effective June 1, 2021, to modify the rate schedule to include additional blood platelet services and associated services as needed for patients at the CCRMC with no change in the term.
On May 23, 2023, the Board of Supervisors approved Amendment Agreement #26-338-27 with American Red Cross, effective July 1, 2023, to modify the rate schedule to include additional blood platelet services and associated services as needed for patients at the CCRMC and to extend the termination date from June 30, 2023 to June 30, 2024.
Approval of Agreement #26-338-29 will allow this contractor to continue to provide total blood and blood component products and services, through June 30, 2027. This Agreement includes a mutual indemnification provision that requires each Party to defend, hold harmless and indemnify the other Party against any legal liability (including reasonable attorneys' fees) with respect to bodily injury, death, and property damage arising from the negligent acts or omissions of the indemnifying Party. This Agreement also requires that the County indemnify the contractor for any loss arising from the County’s use of inappropriate tubes in collection and/or supply of blood samples. Lastly, the Agreement requires that the parties resolve disputes arising out of the Agreement through arbitration.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If this Agreement is not approved, the County will not be able to provide blood and blood component products and associated services as needed for patients at CCRMC and Contra Costa Health Centers.