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a. Authorize the Deputy Purchasing Agent for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) to execute Amendment No. 8 to the Agreement (A-11879) with KPMG LLC (formerly Beacon Partners, Inc.), for Meditech management, support and consulting services at NMC, extending the Agreement an additional one year period for a revised term of January 1, 2010 through June 30, 2016 and adding $3,192,000 for a revised total Agreement amount not to exceed $11,346,270.
b. Authorize the Deputy Purchasing Agent for NMC to execute the Acknowledgement and Consent to the Assignment and Assumption Agreement between KPMG LLC (Assignee) and Beacon Partners, Inc. (Assignor), effective when signed by the Deputy Purchasing Agent for NMC.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended the Board of Supervisors:
a. Authorize the Deputy Purchasing Agent for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) to execute Amendment No. 8 to the Agreement (A-11879) with KPMG LLC (formerly Beacon Partners, Inc.), for Meditech management, support and consulting services at NMC, extending the Agreement an additional one year period for a revised term of January 1, 2010 through June 30, 2016 and adding $3,192,000 for a revised total Agreement amount not to exceed $11,346,270.
b. Authorize the Deputy Purchasing Agent for NMC to execute the Acknowledgement and Consent to the Assignment and Assumption Agreement between KPMG LLC (Assignee) and Beacon Partners, Inc. (Assignor), effective when signed by the Deputy Purchasing Agent for NMC.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
NMC's Transition to a Fully Staffed IT Department
NMC is in the process of reducing its reliance on independent contractors. NMC's goal is to fully staff its Information Technology ("IT") department with County employees wherever possible and to rely on the skills and expertise of independent contractors on a limited, project-specific basis when it is in the best interest of the County to do so.
Since the Board's July 2014 approvals, NMC has taken more de...
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