To: Board of Supervisors
From: Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Report Title: Contract #26-395-33 with Locumtenens.com, LLC
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Health Services Director, or designee, to execute on behalf of the County Contract #26-395-33 with Locumtenens.com, LLC, a limited liability company, in an amount not to exceed $2,000,000, to provide temporary physician services to Contra Costa Regional Medical Center (CCRMC), for the period January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2024.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this contract will result in annual contractual service expenditures of up to $2,000,000 and will be funded 100% by Hospital Enterprise Fund I. (Rate increase)
BACKGROUND:
CCRMC has an obligation to provide medical staffing services to patients. Therefore, the county contracts with temporary help firms to ensure patient care is provided during peak loads, temporary absences, vacations and emergency situations where additional staffing is required. The county has been using the contractor's temporary staffing services since January 1, 2001. This contract is entered into under and subject to the following legal authorities: California Government Code ?? 26227 and 31000. Per Administrative Bulletin 600.3 CCRMC Physician services are exempt from Solicitation requirements.
On January 17, 2023, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract #26-395-30 with Locumtenens.com, LLC, in an amount not to exceed $600,000, for the provision of locum tenens physicians to cover during vacation, sick leave, and extended leave relief for County-employed physicians at CCRMC for the period from January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2023.
On July 11, 2023, the Board of Supervisors approved Amendment Contract #26-395-31 with Locumtenens.com, LLC, in an amount not to exceed $1,200,000, for the provision of locum tenens physicians to provide additional coverage for vacation, s...
Click here for full text