HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 06092015 - C.124RECOMMENDATION(S):
Approve and authorize the Purchasing Agent, on behalf of the Health Services Department, to execute a blanket
Purchase Order with Zebra Technologies International LLC., in the amount of $540,000 to purchase patient label
sheets and customized adult wrist bands for the Contra Costa Regional Medical Center (CCRMC) and the Contra
Costa Health Centers (CCHC), for the period June 5, 2015 through June 4, 2017.
FISCAL IMPACT:
100% funding is included in the Hospital Enterprise Fund I Budget.
BACKGROUND:
Zebra Technologies International LLC provides the CCRMC and the CCHC with customized patient labels and wrist
bands. These wrist bands and label sheets are required to identify patient names, birthday, and allergies when giving
medicine, or when performing procedures or surgeries. This is essential to patient identification and safety. Zebra
Technologies is a Novation Group Purchasing vendor, thereby ensuring that the County has secured the best prices
for these products.
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 06/09/2015 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: June 9, 2015
David Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: Chris Heck, Deputy
cc: T Scott, C Rucker
C.124
To:Board of Supervisors
From:William Walker, M.D., Health Services Director
Date:June 9, 2015
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Zebra Technologies International LLC Blanket Purchase Order
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If this Purchase Order is not approved, we will not be able to identify patients and confirm who they are before
administering medications or doing a procedure/surgery. This could possibly result in the wrong medications being
given and/or the wrong procedure/surgery being done on the wrong patient.
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
Not applicable.