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Authorize the Deputy Purchasing Agent for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) or his designee to execute Amendment No. 2 to the Agreement with FocusOne Solutions, LLC. pursuant to the Request for Proposal (RFP) #9600-62 for a Healthcare Vendor Management System, to extend the term for an additional two (2) year period (April 19, 2018 through April 18, 2020) for a revised full Agreement term of April 19, 2017 through April 18, 2020 with a remaining option to extend the Agreement for an additional two (2) year period, and with an increase of $2,000,000 for a revised total Agreement amount not to exceed $7,000,000.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended the Board of Supervisors:
Authorize the Deputy Purchasing Agent for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) or his designee to execute Amendment No. 2 to the Agreement with FocusOne Solutions, LLC. pursuant to the Request for Proposal (RFP) #9600-62 for a Healthcare Vendor Management System, to extend the term for an additional two (2) year period (April 19, 2018 through April 18, 2020) for a revised full Agreement term of April 19, 2017 through April 18, 2020 with a remaining option to extend the Agreement for an additional two (2) year period, and with an increase of $2,000,000 for a revised total Agreement amount not to exceed $7,000,000.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
Natividad Medical Center utilizes registry services to staff hard to fill clinical positions to meet the hospital's staffing needs to ensure high quality patient care. NMC recommends continuing the utilization of the current Vendor Management System and associated services which provide the following benefits to NMC process:
1) Increase the number of registry vendor agencies available to NMC
2) Streamline the billing process
3) Replace the many individual nurse and ancillary registry agreements that NMC previously processed.
There is no cost to NMC for utilization of the Vendor Management System as the vendor is paid by the registry companies for their ser...
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