HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 04142015 - C.74RECOMMENDATION(S):
Approve and authorize the Purchasing Agent, on behalf of Health Services Department, to execute a blanket Purchase
Order with Becton Dickinson and Company in the amount of $ 600,000, for laboratory test reagents for the BD Viper
Qx System, the MGIT System, and related lab supplies, for the period from March 1, 2015 through February 28,
2017.
FISCAL IMPACT:
100% Enterprise I Fund, offset by reimbursement for testing performed by outside agencies, MediCal and MediCare
eligible patients.
BACKGROUND:
Becton Dickinson is the sole source provider of the Viper Qx System (for sexually transmitted diseases) and the
MGIT system (for tuberculosis) which are used to conduct the testing. The specific systems are used as they are
highly sensitive and specific for the organism being tested. The identified testing Systems take significantly less time
to isolate the organisms than with other testing systems allowing for a quicker diagnosis and response. Additionally
the Viper Qx System can detect 96 specimens at one time while other products could only detect 24 at one time.
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 04/14/2015 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
ABSENT:Federal D. Glover, District V
Supervisor
Contact: Anna Roth, 370-5101
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: April 14, 2015
David Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: Chris Heck, Deputy
cc: T Scott, C Rucker, Melody Hung-Fan
C. 74
To:Board of Supervisors
From:William Walker, M.D., Health Services Director
Date:April 14, 2015
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Becton Dickinson and Company Purchase Order
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
The consequences of negative actions would be that the health care system would not be able to provide testing for
Chlamydia and Gonorrheae which are the most commonly reported sexually transmitted diseases according to
Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Also, the turnaround time for tuberculosis testing would be greatly increased if
the public health lab did not have the Mycobacteria Growth Indicator Tubes (MGIT) tubes for tuberculosis isolation.
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
Not applicable.