To: Board of Supervisors
From: Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Report Title: Contract #76-675-6 with University of California San Francisco (dba UCSF Medical Center)
☒Recommendation of the County Administrator ☐ Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Health Services Director, or designee, to execute Contract #76-675-6, with University of California San Francisco (dba UCSF Medical Center), a government agency, in an amount not to exceed $30,000, to provide laboratory testing services for Contra Costa Regional Medical Center (CCRMC) and Contra Costa Health Centers for the period August 1, 2024 through July 31, 2027.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this Contract will result in expenditures of up to $30,000 over a 3-year period and will be funded 100% by Hospital Enterprise Fund I revenues.
BACKGROUND:
This Contract is entered into under and subject to the following legal authorities: California Government Code §§ 26227 and 31000; Health and Safety Code § 1451. Per Administrative Bulletin 600.3, government agencies are exempt from Solicitation requirements. CCRMC’s Quality Management, Utilization Management and Contract Monitor Staff meet on a regular basis to ensure monitoring and performance measures in the Contract are upheld. This Contract was approved by Health Services Personnel to ensure there is no conflict with labor relations.
CCRMC and Contra Costa Health Centers have an obligation to provide medical laboratory testing services for patients. Therefore, when specialized patient specimen testing is required for patient care and when the required testing equipment is not available at county facilities, the county contracts with outside laboratory testing services to provide specialized testing services. Contractor has been providing laboratory testing services since 2017 formerly under a purchase order with CCRMC.
On August 8, 2023, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract #76-675-5, with University of California, San Francisco (dba UCSF Medical Center), in the amount of $25,000, for the provision of specialized laboratory testing services at CCRMC and Contra Costa Health Centers for the period from August 1, 2023 through July 31, 2024.
Approval of Contract #76-675-6 will allow the Contractor to continue providing specialized laboratory testing services at CCRMC and Contra Costa Health Centers through July 31, 2027. This Contract includes mutual indemnification to defend, indemnify and hold harmless both parties for any claims arising out of the performance of this Contract to the extent such claims are caused by the indemnifying party’s negligent or intentional acts.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If this Contract is not approved, patients requiring outside laboratory testing services at CCRMC and Contra Costa Health Centers will not have access to Contractor’s services and may cause a delay in services.