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Authorize the Deputy Purchasing Agent for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) or his designee to execute amendment No. 4 to the agreement (A-13506) with Focus One Solutions, LLC for a Healthcare Vendor Management System pursuant to the Request for Proposal (RFP) # 9600-62, extending the agreement an additional two (2) year period (April 19, 2020 through June April 18, 2022) for a revised full agreement term of April 19, 2017 through April 18, 2022, and adding $8,563,000 for a revised total agreement amount not to exceed $20,563,000.
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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. 4 to the agreement (A-13506) with Focus One Solutions, LLC for a Healthcare Vendor Management System pursuant to the Request for Proposal (RFP) # 9600-62, extending the agreement an additional two (2) year period (April 19, 2020 through June April 18, 2022) for a revised full agreement term of April 19, 2017 through April 18, 2022, and adding $8,563,000 for a revised total agreement amount not to exceed $20,563,000.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
Natividad Medical Center utilizes the registry services provided by Focus One to staff hard to fill clinical positions in order to meet the hospital's staffing needs to ensure high quality patient care. Focus One Solutions provides NMC a one stop search agency for nurses and clinical technicians. Focus One has a network of over three dozen independent agencies that provide the needed personnel.
On an average per month, NMC spends approximately $400,000 in temporary or registry positions to fill positions in the following areas on a temporary basis: Emergency department, Intensive Care, Labor and Delivery, Surgery, Neonatal Intensive Care, Behavioral department, Rehabilitation, Physical and Occupational therapy, Radiology, Ultrasound, Interventional Radiology, Clinical Lab and Pharmacy.
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