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TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
FROM; Mark Finucane , Health Services Director rot /
By : Elizabeth A. Spooner , Contracts Administrator Contra
Costa
DATE: May 4, 1989
County
Approval of Standard Contract #26-184 with
suBJECT; Roche Biomedical Laboratories , Inc .
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
I . RECOMMENDED ACTION :
Approve and authorize the Health Services Director to execute on
behalf of the County, Standard Contract 426-184 with Roche
Biomedical Laboratories , Inc. in the amount of $268 ,460 for the
period May 1 , 1989 through April 30 , 1991 for outside clinical
laboratory testing .
II . FINANCIAL IMPACT :
Source of funding for this Contract is the Department ' s
Enterprise I Fund . Funds for this fiscal year are included in
the Department ' s FY 1988-89 Budget , and funds for next fiscal
year will be included in the Department ' s FY 1989-90 expenditure
projections . Costs of services are charged to patients and
appropriate third-party payors .
III . REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS/BACKGROUND :
The purpose of this contract is to provide for the performance
of outside clinical laboratory tests , tests requiring equipment
not available at County Hospital ' s laboratory, and rarely
requested laboratory tests . The services provided through this
contract are not available at Merrithew Memorial Hospital due to
lack of resources , sophisticated technology, and experienced
personnel . Because of the large number and diversity of labora-
tory tests used by the medical community to make diagnoses , most
hospitals have to utilize outside laboratories as it is too
cost-prohibitive to provide all tests on site . Contra Costa
County has utilized outside laboratories for over twenty-five
years .
The Department is participating in a laboratory services project
through Pacific Health Alliance , a group of member hospitals
seeking to reduce the costs of certain medical services while
increasing both the quality and quantity of services . Pacific
Health Alliance has chosen Roche Biomedical Laboratories as the
primary vendor for outside laboratory services , and sub-
sequently, the County negotiated a contract with Roche.
Contract 426-184 has a two-year term because the Contractor has
agreed to "lock in" its prices for this period.
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ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
CC: Health Services (Contracts) ATTESTED MAY-1 6 1989
Risk Management PHIL BATCHELOR. CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
Auditor-Controller SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
Contractor
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