HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 11132012 - C.48RECOMMENDATION(S):
Approve and authorize the Purchasing Agent, on behalf of the Health Services Department, to execute a change to
Purchase Order P44262 with Nexus IS, Inc, to add $510,000 to a new total amount of $840,000, for Nexus EMC
VMAX disk drives, software and licensing, with no change in the term for the period from October 28, 2012 through
October 28, 2014.
FISCAL IMPACT:
This Purchase order is fully funded by (a) the Medicare & Medicaid Electronic Health Records (EHR) Incentive
Program of the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act (ARRA) and (b) the Delivery System Reform and Incentive
Pool (DSRIP) funding.
BACKGROUND:
Nexus IS, Inc. EMC Storage and Backup System currently holds data for the Contra Costa Regional Medical Center,
Disaster Recovery Site in Pittsburg, and Contra Costa Health Centers Epic Electronic Health Records (EHR) System.
To successfully continue backing up Epic data, we are required to expand our current storage infrastructure as data
load increases.
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 11/13/2012 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
Clerks Notes:
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
AYE:John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II
Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III
Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV
Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V
Supervisor
Contact: David Runt, 313-6228
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: November 13, 2012
David Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: Carrie Del Bonta, Deputy
cc: T Scott, D Gary
C. 48
To:Board of Supervisors
From:William Walker, M.D., Health Services
Date:November 13, 2012
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Approval of Purchase Order with Nexus IS, Inc.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
We are in a critical capacity situation with respect to the Avamar EMC Storage and Backup System for CCRMC,
Disaster Recovery Site in Pittsburg and Health Centers Epic (EHR) System. Resulting delays could cause loss of
critical patient data, patient safety, and compliance issues
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
Not applicable.