To: Board of Supervisors
From: Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Report Title: Rescind Prior Board Action Pertaining to Contracted Services with Stanford Health Care (dba SHC Reference Laboratory)
RECOMMENDATIONS:
RESCIND Board Action of July 18, 2023 (C.71), which pertained to a contract with Stanford Health Care (dba SHC Reference Laboratory) and APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Health Services Director, or designee, to execute Contract #26-749-11 with Stanford Health Center (dba SHC Reference Laboratory) a non-profit corporation, including mutual indemnification, in the amount not to exceed $5,000 to provide outside clinical laboratory services for the period July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this contract will result in annual contractual expenditures of up to $5,000, funded 100% by Hospital Enterprise Fund I. (Rate increase)
BACKGROUND:
Contra Costa Regional Medical Center (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.
On July 18, 2023 the Board of Supervisors approved Contract #26-749-11with Stanford Health Center (dba SHC Reference Laboratory) in the amount not to exceed $15,000 to provide outside laboratory services at CCRMC and Contra Costa Health Centers for the period July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2026.
The Board Action of July 18, 2023 (C.71) is being rescinded by the Division due to the ongoing negotiations with the Contractor that determined both parties agreed to a one-year term for these services, which this Board Order will correct.
Under new Contract #26-749-11, this contractor will provide outside clinical laboratory services for CCRMC and Contra Costa Health Centers requiring specialized testing equipment County does not have on site, for the period Ju...
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