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a. Authorize the Chief Executive Officer for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) or his designee to execute an Equipment Addition Amendment to the agreement (A-14203) with Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., for the provision of Siemens equipment and related extended warranties per Proposal 1-0730SY, adding an extended warranty for Sensis Vibe hemodynamic retroactive to February 12, 2022, extending the agreement an additional eight (8) month period (July 1, 2025 through February 11, 2026) for a revised full agreement term of December 11, 2018 through February 11, 2026, and adding $37,160 for a revised total agreement amount not to exceed $3,049,291.
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RECOMMENDATION:
a. Authorize the Chief Executive Officer for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) or his designee to execute an Equipment Addition Amendment to the agreement (A-14203) with Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., for the provision of Siemens equipment and related extended warranties per Proposal 1-0730SY, adding an extended warranty for Sensis Vibe hemodynamic retroactive to February 12, 2022, extending the agreement an additional eight (8) month period (July 1, 2025 through February 11, 2026) for a revised full agreement term of December 11, 2018 through February 11, 2026, and adding $37,160 for a revised total agreement amount not to exceed $3,049,291.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
On December 18, 2018 the Monterey County Board of Supervisors approved Siemens quotations for installation services of new radiology equipment plus extended warranties for the ongoing maintenance and repair of that equipment.
At that time, the purchase included a Cardiology Hemodynamic system from Siemens called Siemens "Sensis". The installation proceeded as planned, however at some point Siemens product name was changed from Siemens Sensis to "Sensis Vibe". The entire time Natividad paid for and was to be able to receive service calls for the Sensis Vibe product without extra service costs, even though the parties' agreemen...
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