RESOLUTION NO. _____________

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

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RESOLUTION A) AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF AN AMENDMENT TO THE PREVIOUS AGREEMENT WITH QUEST, NICHOLS INSTITUTE B) WAIVING THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) PROCESS, C) AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF A NEW AGREEMENT WITH QUEST DIAGNOSTICS, NICHOLS INSTITUTE, AND D) AUTHORIZING THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF SAN MATEO MEDICAL CENTER TO EXECUTE SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS 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, on August 5, 2003, your Board approved Resolution 66194, which authorized an agreement with Quest Diagnostic. The Agreement was subsequently amended on July 12, 2005, to increase the maximum amount to $1,590,688; and

 

WHEREAS, it is necessary to increase the amount of the agreement by $75,000 to $1,665,688; and

 

WHEREAS, it is necessary for San Mateo Medical Center (SMMC) to continue to contract with independent laboratories to perform lab tests which are not performed at SMMC because of the specialized and expensive equipment required; and

 

WHEREAS, the term of the new agreement with Quest Diagnostics is three years. The best interests of the County of San Mateo would be served by waiver of the Request for Proposal (RFP), in that the interface capabilities of Quest Diagnostics, which now allow SMMC laboratory faster access to specimen results, will cost approximately $80,000 to recreate with another vendor; and

 

WHEREAS, there has been presented to this Board of Supervisors for its consideration and acceptance an agreement, reference to which are hereby made for further particulars, whereby Quest Diagnostics, Nichols Institute shall process laboratory specimens referred by San Mateo Medical Center; and

 

WHEREAS, both parties now wish to amend the previous agreement by increasing the amount by $75,000 changing the Agreement obligation from $1,590,688 to $1,665,688 and enter into a new Agreement, to process laboratory specimens referred by San Mateo Medical Center, for the period March 1, 2006 through February 28, 2009, for a total obligation of $1,800,000; and

 

WHEREAS, this Board has been presented with an Amendment to the previous Agreement and a new Agreement and has examined and approved both as to form and content and desires to enter into the Amendment to the previous Agreement and into the new Agreement.

 

NOW THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED that the President of this Board of Supervisors be, and is hereby authorized and directed to execute said Amendment to the previous Agreement and to execute said new Agreement for and on behalf of the County of San Mateo, and the Clerk of this Board shall attest the President's signatures thereto.

 

IT IS HEREBY FURTHER RESOLVED that the Request for Proposals process is hereby waived.

 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Chief Executive Officer of San Mateo Medical Center shall be authorized to execute subsequent amendments increasing the County’s maximum fiscal obligation, provided however, that such authority is limited to increasing the County’s maximum fiscal obligation to an amount not to exceed $25,000.

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