RESOLUTION NO. _____________

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

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RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF AN AGREEMENT WITH DICTAPHONE CORPORATION TO INSTALL AND MAINTAIN A RADIOLOGY TRANSCRIPTION AND DICTATION INFORMATION SYSTEM AT SAN MATEO MEDICAL CENTER IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $233,100, AND GRANTING SIGNATURE AUTHORITY TO THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE SAN MATEO MEDICAL CENTER (SMMC) TO EXECUTE SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS AND MINOR MODIFICATIONS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $25,000.

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

WHEREAS, there has been presented to this Board of Supervisors for its consideration and acceptance an Agreement between the County and Dictaphone Corporation to install and maintain a Radiology Transcription and Dictation Information System at San Mateo Medical Center (SMMC) for the period February 1, 2006 to January 31, 2009 with an amount not to exceed $233,100;

WHEREAS, this Board has been requested to grant signature authority to the Chief Executive Officer of SMMC to execute subsequent amendments and minor modifications to this Agreement in an amount not to exceed $25,000; and

WHEREAS, this Board has determined that it is in the best interest of the County to adopt the resolution and waive the Request for Proposal process because SMMC radiologists are familiar with the Dictaphone/Powerscribe system when using it at other hospital sites where they practice and this familiarity reduces the training costs and lessens the risk of failure of physician adoption, the price from Dictaphone/ Powerscribe was the lowest when compared to the other vendors surveyed; and

WHEREAS, this Board has been presented with a form of an Agreement and

said Board has examined and approved same as to both form and content and desires to enter into same;

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY DETERMINED AND ORDERED

1) The resolution is adopted and the Request for Proposal process is waived.

2) The President of the Board of Supervisors hereby is authorized and directed to execute said Agreement on behalf of the County of San Mateo, and the Clerk of the Board shall attest the President’s signature thereto.

3) It is further resolved that the Chief Executive Officer of San Mateo Medical Center is hereby authorized to execute subsequent amendments and minor modifications to the Agreement in an amount not to exceed an aggregate of $25,000 for the term of the Agreement.

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