To: Board of Supervisors
From: Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Report Title: Contract #26-358-9 with Donor Network West
☒Recommendation of the County Administrator ☐ Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Health Services Director, or designee, to execute on behalf of County Contract #26-358-9 with Donor Network West, a corporation, to provide coordinated organ procurement services for Contra Costa Regional Medical Center (CCRMC), for the period November 1, 2024 through October 31, 2029.
FISCAL IMPACT:
This is a non-financial agreement.
BACKGROUND:
This Contractor coordinates with the surgeons and patients at CCRMC to provide organ procurement services which meet the requirements of the National Organ and Tissue Donation initiative and comply with the Anatomical Gift Act. Contractor promptly evaluates all potential donors to determine their medical suitability for organ, tissue, or eye donation and coordinates the retrieval process and related documentation.
On October 8, 2019, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract #26-358-8 with Donor Network West, to provide organ procurement services for the period from November 1, 2019 through October 31, 2024.
Approval of Contract #26-358-9 will allow the Contractor to continue to provide organ procurement services, through October 31, 2029. This contract includes indemnification to hold harmless both parties for any claims arising out of the performance of this Contract.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If this Contract is not approved, County will not be able to receive organ procurement services from this Contractor.