RESOLUTION NO. _____________

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

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RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD TO EXECUTE AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO THE AGREEMENT WITH PHARMERICA, EXTENDING THE TERM BY SIX MONTHS, FOR A NEW TERM OF JULY 1, 2008 THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2011, WITH NO INCREASE IN COST

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

WHEREAS, this Board on December 9, 2008, by Resolution 069831, approved an Agreement with PharMerica to provide pharmaceutical and infusion services to patients of San Mateo Medical Center (SMMC) Long Term Care (LTC) services at both the Main Campus and Burlingame Long Term Care (BLTC) for the term of July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2010, at an amount not to exceed $958,667, and this Board on July 27, 2010, approved Amendment No. 1 by Resolution 070952 to continue to provide pharmacy services while SMMC developed a transition plan to provide in-house pharmacy services by extending the term to June 30, 2011, and increasing the amount to a maximum fiscal obligation of $1,438,001; and

WHEREAS, the County wishes to extend the term of the PharMerica Agreement by six months beyond the current term of three years to continue critical pharmacy services during implementation of the approved Plan of Correction by the California Department of Public Health; and

WHEREAS, the County Manager has approved the Agreement to be extended beyond three years to permit pharmacy services to continue during the in-house pharmacy service implementation at BLTC; and

WHEREAS, this Board has been presented with Amendment No. 2 to the Agreement, which extends the term to December 31, 2011, and this Board has examined and approved it as to both form and content and desires to amend the Agreement accordingly.

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY DETERMINED AND ORDERED that the President of the Board of Supervisors be and is hereby authorized and directed to execute Amendment No. 2 to the Agreement for and on behalf of the County of San Mateo, and the Clerk of this Board shall attest the President’s signature thereto.

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