To: Board of Supervisors
From: David O. Livingston, Sheriff-Coroner
Report Title: Biotage, LLC
☒Recommendation of the County Administrator ☐ Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Purchasing Agent, or designee, to execute on behalf of the Sheriff-Coroner, a purchase order with Biotage, LLC for maintenance and warranty of the Extrahera, an automated liquid handling system, for the Office of the Sheriff Forensic Services Division, in an amount not to exceed $45,439, for the period December 5, 2025 through April 10, 2029.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this request will result in up to $45,439 of contractual service expenditures and will be funded 100% by the General Fund.
BACKGROUND:
Biotage, LLC offers reliable and efficient scientific equipment that is necessary for processing forensic blood and urine samples in the Office of the Sheriff Forensic Services Division. Biotage, LLC manufactures the Extrahera, an automated liquid handling system, which is used in the analysis of blood and urine samples.
The Terms and Conditions include a limitation of liability and indemnification from the County to Biotage, LLC.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If the Board does not approve, then the Office of the Sheriff Forensic Services Division’s laboratory will be out of compliance with maintenance of this equipment, which will increase the amount of time to provide toxicology results of forensic samples.