To: Board of Supervisors
From: Dr. Grant Colfax, Health Services Director
Report Title: Contract #23-772-1 with Lamarre Data Solutions, LLC
☒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 #23-772-1 with Lamarre Data Solutions, LLC, a limited liability company, in an amount not to exceed $990,000, to provide consulting, technical assistance, data analytics and training for the Electronic Medical Records Systems for the Department’s Information Systems Unit, for the period January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2028.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this Contract will result in contractual service expenditures of up to $990,000 over a 3-year period and will be funded 100% by Hospital Enterprise Fund I revenues.
BACKGROUND:
This Contract meets the needs of the Health Services Department’s Information Systems Unit by providing data analytics consulting services for the Electronic Medial Records Systems, including developing and managing information to support decision making, managing and improving existing reporting systems, and performing complex analyses. These functions are imperative to the Unit’s risk assessment and decision-making process.
This Contract is entered into under and subject to the following legal authorities: California Government Code §§ 26227 and 31000. This Contract was approved by Health Services Personnel to ensure there is no conflict with labor relations. The Utilization Management and Contract Monitor Staff meet on a regular basis to ensure monitoring and performance measures in the Contract are upheld. This Contractor was approved by the Public Works Department’s Purchasing Division on March 26, 2025.
On January 10, 2023, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract #23-772 with Lamarre Data Solutions, LLC, in an amount not to exceed $840,000, to provide consulting, technical assistance, data analytics and training for the Electronic Medical Records Systems for the Department’s Information Systems Unit, for the period January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2025.
Approval of Contract #23-772-1 will allow the Contractor to continue providing data analytics, consultation and technical assistance services through December 31, 2028.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If this Contract is not approved, the Information Systems Unit will not have access to Contractor’s consulting and technical assistance services needed for the Electronic Medical Records Systems.