To: Board of Supervisors
From: Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Report Title: Contract #76-682-3 with Regents of the University of California, on behalf of UC Davis Medical Group
☒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 Contract #76-682-3, containing mutual indemnification, with Regents of the University of California, on behalf of UC Davis Medical Group, a government agency, in an amount not to exceed $35,000 to provide specialized outside laboratory testing services for Contra Costa Regional Medical Center (CCRMC) for the period November 1, 2023 through October 31, 2024.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this contract will result in an annual expenditure of up to $35,000 and is funded by 100% Hospital Enterprise Fund I. (Rate increase)
BACKGROUND:
CCRMC and Contra Costa Health Centers have an obligation to provide laboratory testing services to patients. Therefore, the county contracts with outside laboratory testing services in order to provide testing services not available at county facilities, to ensure patient care is provided as required. This contractor has been providing outside laboratory testing services for several years and has been under contract since November 1, 2019. This contract is entered into under and subject to the following legal authorities: California Government Code §§ 26227 and 31000; Health and Safety Code § 1451. Health Services Personnel approved this Contract to ensure no conflicts with labor relations. Per Administrative Bulletin 600.3 Intergovernmental service contracts are exempt from Solicitation requirements.
On October 25, 2022, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract #76-682-2, with Regents of the University of California, on behalf of UC Davis Medical Group in an amount not to exceed $35,000 for the provision of specialized outside laboratory testing services for CCRMC for the period November 1, 2022 through October 31, 2023.
Approval of Contract #76-682-3 will allow contractor to continue providing specialized outside laboratory testing services through October 31, 2024. This contract includes mutual indemnification to hold harmless both parties for any for any claims arising out of the performance of this contract.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If this contract is not approved, patients requiring specialized outside laboratory testing services at CCRMC will not have access to contractor’s infectious disease testing services.