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Authorize the Deputy Purchasing Agent for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) or his designee to execute amendment No. 1 to the agreement (A-13020) with California Transplant Services dba SafetyGraft for tissue bank services, extending an additional one (1) year period (January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2021[LJPx1]) for a revised full agreement term of January 1, 2016 through December 31, 2021 and adding an additional $57,500 for a revised total agreement not to exceed $232,000.
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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. 1 to the agreement (A-13020) with California Transplant Services dba SafetyGraft for tissue bank services, extending an additional one (1) year period (January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2022) for a revised full agreement term of January 1, 2016 through December 31, 2022 and adding an additional $57,500 for a revised total agreement not to exceed $232,000.
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, which offers physicians worldwide, quality tissue for transplant. CTS is accredited by the American Association of Tissue Banks as well as a member of the Eye Bank Association of America.
NMC would like to extend its agreement with California Transplant Services because of the need to adequately store tissue, such as bone flaps. NMC is a Level II trauma center performing emergent craniotomies that require a patient's skull flaps to be removed and properly stored at California Transplant Services. Continuing the current contract with CTS assures proper storage and availability, no matter where the patient has their skull flaps implanted.
California Transplant Services (CTS) will supply NMC with procurement packs for NMC's use in...
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