To: Board of Supervisors
From: Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Report Title: Purchase Order with Meridian Leasing Corporation
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
RESCIND Board action of September 24, 2024 (C.74), which pertained to a purchase order with Meridian Leasing Corporation; and APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Purchasing Agent, or designee, to execute on behalf of the Health Services Director, an amendment to purchase order #25782 with Meridian Leasing Corporation to increase the payment limit by $193,896 to a new payment limit of $391,896 and extend the term through August 31, 2026, and execute a Supplement to Master Lease for the period from January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2026 for lease and related maintenance of the ScrubEx dispensary machines at Contra Costa Regional Medical Center (CCRMC).
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this action will not result in additional expenditures through the purchase order term ending August 31, 2026 due to rescinding the Board action of September 24, 2024, which was funded by Hospital Enterprise Fund I revenues.
BACKGROUND:
Meridian Leasing Corporation is a company that specializes in providing equipment leasing and financing solutions. They offer a wide range of services, including the leasing of medical, technology, industrial, and transportation equipment.
High-tech scrub dispensing systems are a convenient, effective, sanitary way to store scrubs for staff use in the hospital. These systems ensure that the scrubs are packed securely, thus effectively preventing cross-contamination while in storage. The scrub dispensary (ScrubEx) machines at CCRMC are manufactured by Meridian Leasing Corporation and were leased from Innovation Passion Automation (IPA), a distributor. The original agreement came with one year of preventive maintenance services that ended on September 22, 2023.
CCRMC attempted for several months to establish a separate contract for preve...
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