To: Board of Supervisors
From: Dr. Grant Colfax, Health Services Director
Report Title: Amendment to Purchase Order with Hologic Sales and Service, 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 Health Services Director, an amendment to purchase order #29236 with Hologic Sales and Service, LLC, to increase the payment limit by $1,000,000 to an amount not to exceed $2,000,000 to provide additional laboratory testing reagents, kits, and supplies for influenza, Candida auris screening, Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), Hepatitis B (HBV), and Hepatitis C (HCV) viral loads at the Contra Costa Public Health Laboratory with no change to the term ending January 16, 2027.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this action will result in additional expenditures of up to $1,000,000 and will be funded by Hospital Enterprise Fund I revenues.
BACKGROUND:
The Contra Costa Public Health Laboratory has used equipment and reagents from Hologic Sales and Service, LLC formerly known as Hologic, Inc. since 2015. Routine diagnostic testing is performed on Hologic instrumentation daily and allows for high-volume screening. The prior blanket purchase order (PO) approved for period extension requires additional funds to continue diagnostic testing through January 2027. Additionally, the laboratory strives to ensure funds are available on POs for unexpected public health emergencies. Hologic Panther is one of the instrument platforms that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has considered as appropriate, in their Nucleic Acid Amplification Platform Investigative Summary Report, for future public health testing responses, including surveillance and diagnostic needs using CDC-designed tests.
On October 24, 2023, the Board of Supervisors approved agenda item C.29 to execute purchase order #29236 with Hologic Sales and Service, LLC and related a...
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