RESOLUTION NO. _____________

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, COUNTY OF SAN MATEO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA

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RESOLUTION WAIVING THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS PROCESS AND APPROVING THE PURCHASE OF UPGRADES TO TWO EXISTING ACUSON SEQUOIA UNITS AND THE PURCHASE OF AN ACUSON SEQUOIA ULTRASOUND SYSTEM FROM SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS USA, INC.

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RESOLVED, by the Board of Supervisors of the County of San Mateo, State of California, that

 

WHEREAS, Ordinance Code Section 2.92.050 authorizes the Board of

Supervisors to waive the Request for Proposals Process in any situation where the Board determines that the best interest of the County could be served without the necessity of formal proposals; and

 

WHEREAS, the Chief Executive Officer of San Mateo Medical Center has asked the Board to waive the formal Request for Proposals requirements; and

 

WHEREAS, there has been presented to this Board of Supervisors for its consideration and acceptance a Resolution, reference to which is hereby made for further particulars, whereby the Chief Executive Officer is asking the Board of Supervisors to waive the formal Request for Proposals requirement, to purchase the upgrades of two existing ultrasound systems, and to purchase a new ultrasound system from Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.; and

 

WHEREAS, Siemens Medical Systems USA, Inc. is the manufacturer of San Mateo Medical Center's existing utlrasound systems and it is necessary to purchase the upgrades and new equipment from the manufacturer to allow the use of interchangeable transducers between units; and

 

WHEREAS, San Mateo Medical Center now wishes to purchase upgrades to two existing Acuson Sequoia units and to purchase an Acuson Sequoia Ultrasound System for a maximum amount of $295,361 from Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.; and

 

WHEREAS, this Board has been presented with a form of the Resolution and has examined and approved it as to both form and content and desires to adopt the Resolution:

 

NOW THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY DETERMINED AND ORDERED that the President of this Board of Supervisors be, and is hereby authorized and directed to waive the Request for Proposals Process and approve the purchase of upgrades to two existing Acuson Sequoia units and the purchase of an Acuson Sequoia Ultrasound System from Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. for and on behalf of the County of San Mateo, and the Clerk of this Board shall attest the President's signatures thereto.

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