To: Board of Supervisors
From: Dr. Grant Colfax, Health Services Director
Report Title: Amendment to Purchase Order with Beckman Coulter, Inc.
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Purchasing Agent, or designee, to execute on behalf of the Health Services Director, an amendment to purchase order #28568 with Beckman Coulter, Inc. to extend the term through November 30, 2026, with no change to the payment limit of $8,500,000 for the purchase of reagents and supplies for the Clinical Laboratory at the Contra Costa Regional Medical Center (CCRMC).
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this action will result in expenditures of up to $8,500,000 over a forty two-month period and will be funded by Hospital Enterprise Fund I revenues.
BACKGROUND:
CCRMC Clinical Laboratory utilizes Beckman Coulter, Inc. for reagents and supplies to perform routine and STAT (urgent) diagnostic testing, ensuring accurate and timely results that support patient treatment protocols. Beckman Coulter, Inc. has been one of the laboratory's primary suppliers for the reagents and supplies for both the Chemistry and Special Chemistry Departments since 2013. The laboratory received an automation track system with components at no charge to the County, with a six-year extension for Beckman Coulter agreement 50557US for Special Chemistry and a three-year extension for agreement 61457US for Hematology. Additional funding was required for both contracts due to the required extension of both agreements to acquire the DxA automated track system. The agreements that were signed by CCRMC and Beckman Coulter indicate that the agreements are effective starting from the installation date of the equipment. The current PO does not align with the end date the agreement based on the installation of equipment which should reflect an end date of October 31, 2027.
On August 1, 2023 the Board of Supervisors approved agenda item C.56 to e...
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