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Authorize the Chief Executive Officer for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) or his designee to execute amendment No. 1 to the agreement (A-16333) with California Transplant Services dba SafetyGraft for tissue bank storage services, extending the agreement an additional three (3) year period (January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2028) for a revised full agreement term of January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2028, and adding $250,000 for a revised total agreement amount not to exceed $450,000.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended the Board of Supervisors:
Authorize the Chief Executive Officer for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) or his designee to execute amendment No. 1 to the agreement (A-16333) with California Transplant Services dba SafetyGraft for tissue bank storage services, extending the agreement an additional three (3) year period (January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2028) for a revised full agreement term of January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2028, and adding $250,000 for a revised total agreement amount not to exceed $450,000.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
California Transplant Services, Inc. (CTS) is licensed by the California Department of Public Health and is an IRS qualified 501(c) 3 non-profit public charity. CTS operates an eye and tissue bank offering physicians worldwide quality tissue for transplant and is accredited by the American Association of Tissue Banks and a member of the Eye Bank Association of America.
Natividad would like to continue their agreement with California Transplant Services because of its need to appropriately store tissue such as skull flaps. Natividad performs craniotomies that require patient’s skull flaps to be removed. These skull flaps will be properly stored at California Transplant Services. A continued contract with CTS assures proper storage and availability no matter where the patient has their skull flaps implanted.
California Transplant Services (CTS) will supply Natividad with procurement packs for Na...
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