HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 10132009 - C.45RECOMMENDATION(S):
AUTHORIZE the Purchasing Agent, on behalf of the Health Services Department, to
approve a blanket purchase order with Abbott Medical Optics, Inc. in an amount not to
exceed $300,000, for the period of July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2011 for cataract surgery
supplies.
FISCAL IMPACT:
100% Enterprise Fund I.
BACKGROUND:
The Surgery Department of Contra Costa Regional Medical Center completes approx. 10-15
cataract surgeries a week. This Blanket Purchase Order request for Abbott Medical Optics
will be used to purchase lens, sutures, blades, tubing, knives, and phaco hand pieces for all
cataract surgeries over the next two years.
Abbott Medical Optics, Inc. (AMO) manufactures the equipment used in cataract surgery
cases in the Operating Room. The AMO Phacoemulsifier uses ultrasonic waves to break up
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY
ADMINISTRATOR
RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD
COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 10/13/2009 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
Clerks Notes:
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
AYE:John Gioia, District I
Supervisor
Gayle B. Uilkema, District
II Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III
Supervisor
Susan A. Bonilla, District
IV Supervisor
Contact: Anna Roth,
370-5100
I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes
of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: October 13, 2009
David J. Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: Katherine Sinclair, Deputy
cc: Tasha Scott, Barbara Borbon, Dave Duet
C.45
To:Board of Supervisors
From:William Walker, M.D., Health Services Director
Date:October 13, 2009
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Approval for Blanket Purchase Order for Abbott Medical Optics
the cataract and then aspirates the material into a suction canister.
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
AMO provides the proprietary hand pieces, tubing, blades, etc. associated with the cataract
procedures as well as the lens inserted into the eye after the cataract is removed. AMO is
used because so much of the consumables are proprietary and cannot be purchased through
another vendor. The blanket PO is for a two-year period and is for Phaco supplies.