To: Board of Supervisors
From: Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Report Title: Contract #26-749-14 with Stanford Health Care (dba SHC Reference Laboratory)
☒Recommendation of the County Administrator ☐ Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Health Services Director, or designee, to execute Contract #26-749-14 with Stanford Health Center (dba SHC Reference Laboratory), a non-profit corporation, in the amount not to exceed $20,000 to provide outside clinical laboratory services for Contra Costa Regional Medical Center (CCRMC) and Contra Costa Health Centers for the period September 1, 2024 through August 31, 2027.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this Contract will result in contractual expenditures of up to $20,000 over a 3-year period as budgeted by the department and funded 100% by Hospital Enterprise Fund I.
BACKGROUND:
CCRMC and Contra Costa Health Centers have an obligation to provide specialized outside clinical laboratory testing services for tests that are rarely requested and require special equipment which CCRMC does not have onsite. County contracts with outside contractors to provide these specialized services which may include, but is not limited to, the analyses in the areas of clinical chemistry, hematology, serology, microbiology, cytogenetics, immunology, endocrinology, toxicology (non-chain of custody), histology, virology, and cytology.
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. 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 is under $25,000 and exempt from solicitation requirements per Administrative Bulletin 600.3.
In July 2024, the Purchasing Services Manager executed Contract #26-749-13 with (dba SHC Reference Laboratory) in the amount not to exceed $500 to provide outside laboratory services at CCRMC and Contra Costa Health Centers for the period July 1, 2024 through August 31, 2024.
Approval of Contract #26-749-14 will allow Contractor to continue to provide outside clinical laboratory services for CCRMC and Contra Costa Health Centers requiring specialized testing equipment through August 31, 2027. This Contract includes mutual indemnification to defend, save, hold harmless and indemnify both parties for any claims arising out of the performance of this Contract.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If this Contract is not approved, CCRMC and Contra Costa Health Centers will not have access to Contractor’s specialty outside laboratory testing services, which may delay services to patients.