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Approve and authorize the Purchasing Manager for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) to execute Amendment No. 3 to the Agreement (A-12438/MYA723) with B.E. Smith Inc. for Interim Employee Services at NMC, extending the Agreement to December 31, 2014 and adding $639,300 for a revised total Agreement amount not to exceed $1,498,500 in the aggregate.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended the Board of Supervisors approve and authorize the Purchasing Manager for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) to execute Amendment No. 3 to the Agreement (A-12438/MYA723) with B.E. Smith Inc. for Interim Employee Services at NMC, extending the Agreement to December 31, 2014 and adding $639,300 for a revised total Agreement amount not to exceed $1,498,500 in the aggregate.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
NMC entered into an agreement with B.E. Smith in January 2013, for $100,000 to provide NMC with a Chief Nursing Officer. Then on April 16, 2013, the Board of Supervisors approved Amendment No. 1 in the amount of $576,200 for a revised total Agreement amount of $676, 200 to continue employment services at Natividad Medical Center. Amendment No. 1 provided NMC the ability to continue the employment services of the interim Chief Nursing Officer and to add one additional Nursing Manager for up to a six month period.
Due to the difficulty of filling the Chief Nursing Officer and the Director of Surgical Services positions, NMC requested and the Board of Supervisors approved Amendment No. 2 on February 11, 2014 in the amount of $183,000 for a revised total amount of $859,200. Amendment No. 2 provided NMC with additional funds to allow employment services to be continued while NMC continued to recruit for a permanent Chief Nursing Officer and Director of Surgical Services.
NMC is now requesting that the Board approve Amendment No. 3 to add additional funds which would allow NMC to bring in a third interim manager to oversee the Engineering Department for a period of up to one yea...
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