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Authorize the Chief Executive Officer for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) or his designee to execute renewal and amendment No. 2 to the agreement (A-13152) with Stericycle Inc. for hazardous waste disposal services, extending the agreement an additional ten (10) month period (retroactively from July 1, 2021 through April 31, 2022) for a revised full agreement term of July 1, 2016 through April 31, 2022, and adding $125,000 for a revised total agreement amount not to exceed $1,205,000.
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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 renewal and amendment No. 2 to the agreement (A-13152) with Stericycle Inc. for hazardous waste disposal services, extending the agreement an additional ten (10) month period (retroactively from July 1, 2021 through April 31, 2022) for a revised full agreement term of July 1, 2016 through April 31, 2022, and adding $125,000 for a revised total agreement amount not to exceed $1,205,000.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
Stericycle provides regulated medical waste services for Natividad under this agreement. As medical procedures are performed throughout the facility, waste is generated and separated into several different types of waste streams. The types of waste streams generated under this banner are: red bag (blood or blood product), sharps waste (scalpel blades, broken glass vails, needles, syringes,), pathological waste, trace chemotherapy, bulk chemotherapy, pharmaceutical waste, and RCRA (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act) hazardous medical waste. On average, Natividad generates 18,000 pounds of the waste mentioned above, per month, more so in recent years. There are numerous regulatory requirements surrounding waste removal and State regulations require medical waste removal to be done only by a licensed hauler, which Stericylce is.
This Agreement's services include:
* Bio Hazardous Waste: transportat...
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