To: Board of Supervisors
From: Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Report Title: Contract #72-232 with Illumina, Inc.
?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 #72-232 with Illumina, Inc., a corporation, which includes Quotation #4608806 and Service Contract Terms and Limitations, in an amount not to exceed $46,165 for preventative maintenance services on the Illumina MiSeq instrument, for the period from June 23, 2024 through June 22, 2027.
FISCAL IMPACT:
This contract will result in contractual service expenditures of up to $46,165 over a 3-year period and will be funded 100% by Public Health Laboratory fees.
BACKGROUND:
The Illumina MiSeq has become a widely-used tool in genomic sequencing of pathogens. The service of this instrument at the Public Health Laboratory provides continued use and assurance of proper performance of the instrument. This instrument can only be serviced by Illumina, Inc. since they are specialized it its technology. This contractor has been approved by the Public Works Department's Purchasing Division on April 11, 2024.
Under contract #72-232, the parties will execute Quotation #4608806 including the following non-standard contract terms and conditions: i) Contractor shall not be obligated to provide a substitute preventative maintenance visit; ii) Contractor shall not be liable for any economic, consequential, incidental, special or other damages or losses of any kind resulting from the down time during such preventative maintenance visits; iii) Contractor shall not be liable to purchase for costs of procurement of substitute products or services, lost profits, data or business, or for any indirect, special, incidental, exemplary, consequential or punitive damages arising out of or in connection with, without limitation, the sale of the covered hardware or service co...
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