To: Board of Supervisors
From: David O. Livingston, Sheriff-Coroner
Report Title: Redwood Toxicology Laboratory, Inc.
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
RESCIND prior Board action 24-3823 of November 12, 2024, which approved and authorized the Sheriff-Coroner, or designee, to execute a contract with Redwood Toxicology Laboratory, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $300,000, to provide toxicology screening services for the period September 1, 2024 through August 31, 2027.
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Sheriff-Coroner, or designee, to execute a contract with Redwood Toxicology Laboratory, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $300,000 to provide toxicology screening services, with a revision to the General Conditions, for the period September 1, 2024 through August 31, 2027.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this request will result in up to $300,000 in contractual expenditures over a 3-year period and will be funded 100% by the General Fund.
BACKGROUND:
This Board request is to correct the prior action since further contract negotiations resulted in revisions to the County's General Conditions. The contractor's requested revisions are for mutual indemnification, insurance, and reporting.
Contra Costa County provides, through its Office of the Sheriff Custody Alternative Program, an alternative to jail time for offenders who qualify. Redwood Toxicology Laboratory, Inc. provides drug, alcohol and other toxicology screening services for the County to determine if the offenders meet the program qualifications and can remain in the program once admitted to it.
The department originally sought retroactive approval of this contract due an administrative delay caused by the substantial number of new contracts the Office of the Sheriff was currently handling. This correction was further delayed due the contractor's delayed request for modifications to the County's indemnification, insurance, and reporting general conditio...
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