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a. Authorize the Deputy Purchasing Agent for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) or his designee to execute amendment no. 2 to the agreement with Alere Informatics, Inc. for software modules related to laboratory testing, adding $191,473 for a revised total agreement amount not to exceed $264,703 and with no change to the agreement term of May 15, 2016 through May 13, 2022.
b. Authorize the Deputy Purchasing Agent for NMC or his designee to execute up to three (3) future amendments to the agreement which do not significantly alter the scope of work and do not cause an increase of more than ten percent (10%) ($1,202) of the original cost of the agreement.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended the Board of Supervisors:
a. Authorize the Deputy Purchasing Agent for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) or his designee to execute amendment no. 2 to the agreement with Alere Informatics, Inc. for software modules related to laboratory testing, adding $191,473 for a revised total agreement amount not to exceed $264,703 and with no change to the agreement term of May 15, 2016 through May 13, 2022.
b. Authorize the Deputy Purchasing Agent for NMC or his designee to execute up to three (3) future amendments to the agreement which do not significantly alter the scope of work and do not cause an increase of more than ten percent (10%) ($1,202) of the original cost of the agreement.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
Alere Informatics software system is a data base management system for point of care laboratory testing. The software provides administration and a data repository for operator identification, quality control results and patient testing results. The system acts as a repository for the data to interface with the electronic health record (EMR) so all point of care results are electronically transmitted from the testing device to EMR.
Natividad currently uses the Alere Informatics software system for the glucose testing devices. This amendment is to add the following four a...
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