To: Board of Supervisors
From: Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Report Title: Contract #26-473-34 with SHC Services, Inc. (dba Supplemental Health Care)
☒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 #26-473-34 with SHC Services, Inc. (dba Supplemental Health Care), a corporation, in an amount not to exceed $1,500,000 to provide temporary medical staffing services at Contra Costa Regional Medical Center (CCRMC), Contra Costa Health Centers and county’s Detention facilities for the period from July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this contract will result in annual expenditures of up to $1,500,000 and will funded as budgeted by the Department in FY 2024-25, 100% by Hospital Enterprise Fund I. (Rate increase)
BACKGROUND:
This contract meets the social needs of County’s population by providing temporary medical staffing services for CCRMC, Contra Costa Health Centers and County Detention facilities. This contractor provides staffing coverage during peak workloads, temporary absences and emergency situations at CCRMC, Contra Costa Health Centers and County’s Detention facilities and has been contracted with the county since July 1, 2003. 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. These contracted services were determined to be exempt from Administrative Bulletin 600.3 solicitation requirements by the Public Works Department’s Purchasing Division.
On July 18, 2023, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract #26-473-33 with SHC Services, Inc. (dba Supplemental Health Care), in an amount not to exceed $2,000,000, to provide temporary nurses, medical assistants and other ancillary staffing services at CCRMC, Contra Costa Health Centers and County’s Detention Facilities, for the period from July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024.
Approval of Contract #26-473-34 will allow the Contractor to continue providing temporary medical staffing services to assist CCRMC, Contra Costa Health Centers and County’s Detention facilities during peak workloads, temporary absences and emergency situations through June 30, 2025. This contract includes services provided by represented non-teamsters classifications and the County has met its obligations with the respective labor partner(s).
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If this contract is not approved, patients at CCRMC, Contra Costa Health Centers and Detention Centers will not have access to the contractor’s services and services may require a longer wait time.