To: Board of Supervisors
From: Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Report Title: Approval of Agreement #26-790-8 with the Regents of the University of California, on behalf of the University of California, San Francisco
☒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 #26-790-8 containing mutual indemnification with the Regents of the University of California, a California Constitutional corporation, on behalf of the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), in an amount not to exceed $50,000, to provide endocrinology services for patients at Contra Costa Regional Medical Center (CCRMC) and Contra Costa Health Centers, for the period February 1, 2024 through January 31, 2025, which includes a two-year automatic extension through January 31, 2027, in an amount not to exceed $100,000.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this contract will result in annual expenditures of up to $50,000 and will be funded 100% by Hospital Enterprise Fund I revenues.
BACKGROUND:
The county has been contracting with the Regents of the University of California, since February 2015 to provide twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, phone consultation and in-person consultation during clinic hours, for the Endocrinology Unit at CCRMC.
On August 2, 2022, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract #26-790-5 with the Regents of the University of California, in amount not to exceed $25,000, for the provision of endocrinology services for patients at CCRMC and Contra Costa Health Centers for the period February 1, 2022 through January 31, 2023.
On January 17, 2023, the Board of Supervisors rescinded Board Action of August 2, 2022; and approved Agreement #26-790-5 with the Regents of the University of California, on behalf of the University of California, San Francisco, in an amount not to exceed $25,000, to provide endocrinology services for patients at CCRMC and Contra Costa Health Centers, for the period February 1, 2022 through January 31, 2023, which included a one-year automatic extension through January 31, 2024.
On March 21, 2023, the Board of Supervisors rescinded Board Action of January 17, 2023 and approved Agreement #26-790-5 with the Regents of the University of California, on behalf of the University of California, San Francisco, in an amount not to exceed $25,000, to provide endocrinology services for patients at CCRMC and Contra Costa Health Centers, for the period February 1, 2022 through January 31, 2023, which included a one-year automatic extension through January 31, 2024, in an amount not to exceed $25,000.
Approval of Contract #26-790-8 will allow contractor to continue providing services through January 31, 2025. This contract includes mutual indemnification. The delay of this contract was due to ongoing negotiations between CCRMC and the contractor.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If this contract is not approved, the Endocrinology Unit at CCRMC would not be able to provide these services to its patients.