Title
Ratify and authorize the Deputy Purchasing Agent for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) or his designee to execute Renewal and Amendment No. 9 with Quest Diagnostics Inc. including the Letter of Commitment for MedAssets GPO pricing (Exhibit B to the Renewal and Amendment No. 9), retroactive to July 1, 2015, for Reference Laboratory Testing Services for NMC to extend the term of the Agreement for one additional year for a revised full Agreement term of July 1, 2005 through June 30, 2016, and to add an additional $850,000 for a revised total Agreement amount not to exceed $5,240,000.
Recommendation
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended the Board of Supervisors:
Ratify and authorize the Deputy Purchasing Agent for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) or his designee to execute Renewal and Amendment No. 9 with Quest Diagnostics Inc. including the Letter of Commitment for MedAssets GPO pricing (Exhibit B to the Renewal and Amendment No. 9), retroactive to July 1, 2015, for Reference Laboratory Testing Services for NMC to extend the term of the Agreement for one additional year for a revised full Agreement term of July 1, 2005 through June 30, 2016, and to add an additional $850,000 for a revised total Agreement amount not to exceed $5,240,000.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
Quest Diagnostics is the leading provider of diagnostic testing in the nation, and serves approximately 140 million patients each year. Quest Diagnostics is NMC Laboratory's primary reference laboratory, although NMC will use Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital as a reference laboratory on occasion as well. Physicians at NMC and local clinics which send laboratory work to NMC may order such specific types of tests which the NMC Laboratory cannot perform on-site. Therefore, these specific tests must be sent to a reference laboratory. As laboratory technology advances, more and more esoteric tests become available for Physicians and clinics to order, however the NMC laboratory cannot justify bringin...
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