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a. Approve and authorize the Director of Health or Assistant Director of Health to execute a non-standard Agreement between with the County of Monterey and Bruker Scientific, LLC to provide the laboratory with one MALDI Biotyper instrument to identify micro-organisms accurately and rapidly, and three one-year preventive maintenance service agreements, not to exceed the amount of $320,204 for the term upon execution to July 30, 2026; and
b. Approve non-standard risk provisions in the Agreement as recommended by the Director of Health; and
c. Approve and authorize the Director of Health or the Assistant Director of Health to sign up to three (3) future amendments to this Agreement where the amendments do not significantly change the scope of work and do not cause an increase of more than ten percent (10%) ($32,020) of the original contract amount.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
a. Approve and authorize the Director of Health or Assistant Director of Health to execute a non-standard Agreement between with the County of Monterey and Bruker Scientific, LLC to provide the laboratory with one MALDI Biotyper instrument to identify micro-organisms accurately and rapidly, and three one-year preventive maintenance service agreements, not to exceed the amount of $320,204 for the term upon execution to July 30, 2026; and
b. Approve non-standard risk provisions in the Agreement as recommended by the Director of Health; and
c. Approve and authorize the Director of Health or the Assistant Director of Health to sign up to three (3) future amendments to this Agreement where the amendments do not significantly change the scope of work and do not cause an increase of more than ten percent (10%) ($32,020) of the original contract amount.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
The Health Department's Public Health Laboratory (PHL) is responsible for providing testing services to identify microorganisms that cause disease including bacteria, fungi, viruse...
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