To: Board of Supervisors
From: Dr. Grant Colfax, Health Services Director
Report Title: Rescind Prior Board Action Pertaining to Contracted Services with Agfa Healthcare Corporation
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
RESCIND Board action of October 12, 2021 (C.35), which pertained to a contract with Agfa Healthcare Corporation; and APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Health Services Director, or designee, to execute on behalf of the County Contract #23-704 with Agfa Healthcare Corporatoin, a corporation, in an amount not to exceed $4,282,363, to provide imaging technology services to Contra Costa Health (CCH), for the period June 1, 2023 through May 31, 2028.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this contract will result in expenditures of up to $4,282,363 over a five-year period and is funded by 100% Hospital Enterprise Fund I.
BACKGROUND:
This Contract meets the needs of the County's patient population by providing a radiology imaging system. CCH Radiology Department provides, reads, interprets, and maintains radiology exams for its patients. To deliver this care, CCH's Radiology Department has been using the Agfa IMPAX radiology imaging system since 2006 and upgraded the system in 2012. The system reached its end of useful life in December 2016 and required replacement. In 2017, and 2018 CCH conducted a search and evaluation of potential replacements for the outdated system. In addition to considering upgrading Agfa's IMPAX radiology imaging system to the latest version, CCH evaluated Fujifilm and Philips, and Picture Archiving and Communications Systems (PACS). Of these solutions, considered top tier, CCH Radiologists chose Agfa's Enterprise Imaging Software system to replace the existing radiology imaging system. Agfa Healthcare Corporation's Enterprise Imaging Software services, including Agfa Patching and Endpoint Managed Services, are used to assist CCH in delivering services such as radiology exams and breast...
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