RESOLUTION NO. _____________

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

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RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A THIRD AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT WITH MEDISAVE PHARMACIES, INC. DBA KINDRED PHARMACY SERVICES

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

WHEREAS, On September 14, 2004, the Board of Supervisors, by Resolution Number 66939, authorized an Agreement in the amount of $150,000 for the term of April 1, 2004 to March 31, 2005 for the purpose of providing pharmacy services to Burlingame Long Term Care (BLTC), including all medications and IV therapy on a daily and emergency basis. The first Amendment dated March 1, 2005 by Resolution 67190, eliminated the pricing formula in order to accommodate any future changes in Medi-Cal reimbursement. The second Amendment dated May 17, 2005 by Resolution 67323, extended the term of the agreement to June 30, 2005 and increased the maximum amount of the agreement by $50,000; and

WHEREAS, San Mateo Medical Center (SMMC) has two contracts providing pharmaceutical services. Medisave Pharmacies, Inc., which expired on June 30, 2005, provides services to BLTC and Pharmerica, which expired June 30, 2005, provides services to SMMC Long Term Care; and

WHEREAS, San Mateo Medical Center conducted a Request for Proposal (RFP) for pharmaceutical services so that this service is provided by one vendor to both the Medical Center and Burlingame Long Term Care; and

WHEREAS, as a result of the RFP, the contract to provide pharmaceutical services has been awarded to PharMerica; and

WHEREAS, the Agreement with Medisave Pharmacies, Inc. is being extended to August 31, 2005, to provide continuity of services at BLTC, while the PharMerica installs their equipment at BLTC and Medisave vacates their equipment from BLTC; and

WHEREAS, to allow for costs incurred due to the extension of the term of the agreement, the maximum amount needs to be increased by $40,000; and

WHEREAS, the parties now wish to Amend the Agreement by extending the term by two months making the new term from April 1, 2004 to August 31, 2005. The parties wish to further amend the agreement by increasing the maximum amount by $40,000, from $200,000 to $240,000; and

WHEREAS, this Board has been presented with a form of the Amendment to the Agreement and has examined and approved it as to both form and content and desires to enter into the Amendment to the Agreement:

NOW THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY DETERMINED AND ORDERED that the President of this Board of Supervisors be, and is hereby authorized and directed to execute the Amendment to the Agreement 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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