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FROM: C. E. Dixon, Interim County Administrator `
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DATE: March 22, 1984 Coin
SUBJECT: County Hospital Laundry Service
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION:
Authorize Acting Health Services Director and County Purchasing Agent to reject
all bids for County Hospital linen service and rebid the service requesting
quotations on both laundry and linen service at decentralized locations.
BACKGROUND:
On November 8, 1983, the Board authorized solicitation of bids from linen service
contractors and authorized the Health Services Department to terminate the .existing
laundry service contract. The proposed full linen service was put out to bid
and responses were received. However, the bids were issued only for full linen
service rather than linen service and laundry service on the assumption that full
linen service would, in the long-run, be less expensive because the Department would
be able to reduce their staff costs.
Subsequent conversations with the current contractor and a review of the program
by Nu-Med, Inc. has led Nu-Med to recommend that we re-bid for both linen service
and laundry service, specifying that in every instance the linens must be delivered
to decentralized locations on the wards as specified by the Department. This should
assist in achieving staff savings and will provide a truer comparison of the cost
of either full linen service or laundry service.
Based on the recommendation of Nu-Med, and with the concurrence of the Health Services
Department and the Purchasing Agent, we are making the above recommendation.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE:
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S)
ACTION OF BOARD ON March 27, 19 4D AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
_L UNANIMOUS (ABSENT ) I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
AYES: NOES: AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
County Administrator OF SUPERVISO ON THE DATE SHOWN. ,
CC: Acting Health Services Director ATTESTED : 9?X/
Purchasing Agent I
Auditor-Controller J.R. OLSSON. COUNTY CLERK
AND EX OFFICIO CLERK OF THE BOARD
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