HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 12032013 - C.104RECOMMENDATION(S):
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Sheriff-Coroner, or designee, to execute a contract with National Medical Services
Labs in an amount not to exceed $240,000 to provide forensic toxicology analysis for the period January 1, 2014
through December 31, 2015.
FISCAL IMPACT:
$240,000. 100% Agency Fees. Budgeted.
BACKGROUND:
Contra Costa County provides, through its Office of the Sheriff – Forensic Services Division – Crime Laboratory,
toxicology analysis on blood, urine, and tissue samples submitted as evidence. The County’s Crime Laboratory is
accredited by the American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors–Laboratory Accreditation Board (ASCLD-LAB)
and also processes submissions from other agencies. National Medical Services Labs (NMS Labs) is also accredited
by ASCLD-LAB and performs testing and analysis on forensic samples on both ante-mortem and post-mortem cases,
providing product assurance and validity of results. The Sheriff’s Office Crime Lab will utilize services provided by
NMS Labs for sample evidence analysis.
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
No impact.
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 12/03/2013 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: Mary Jane Robb,
335-1557
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: December 3, 2013
David Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: Chris Heck, Deputy
cc:
C.104
To:Board of Supervisors
From:David O. Livingston, Sheriff-Coroner
Date:December 3, 2013
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:National Medical Services Labs