To: Board of Supervisors
From: Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Report Title: Purchase Order with Priority Healthcare Distribution, Inc. dba CuraScript Specialty Distribution
☒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, a purchase order with Priority Healthcare Distribution, Inc. dba CuraScript Specialty Distribution, in an amount not to exceed $500,000 for the hormone implant Nexplanon to be used at the Contra Costa Regional Medical Center, Health Clinics and Detention Centers, for the period from December 1, 2024 through November 30, 2025.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this action will result in expenditures of up to $500,000 over a one-year period and will be funded by the Hospital Enterprise I Fund revenues.
BACKGROUND:
Priority Healthcare Distribution, Inc. is a pharmaceutical company that provides Contra Costa Regional Medical Center, Health Centers, and the Martinez and West County Detention Centers with hormone implant Nexplanon to be used in the Obstetrics/Gynecology Departments.
On November 7, 2023, the Board of Supervisors approved agenda item C.48 to execute purchase order (#29115) with Priority Healthcare Distribution, Inc. dba CuraScript Specialty Distribution in the amount of $500,000.00 for the period of December 1, 2023 through November 30, 2024.
On October 15, 2024, the Purchasing Agent approved the continued use of CuraScript Specialty Distribution through November 30, 2025.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If this Purchase Order is not approved, we will not be able to purchase Nexplanon for our patient population at Contra Costa Regional Medical Center, Health Clinics, and Detention Centers.