Title
Authorize the Purchasing Manager for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) to execute Amendment No. 4 to the Agreement (A-11997) with Quinn Power Systems for Maintenance for Caterpillar Diesel Electric Sets and Emergency 6 Power Generator Services at NMC, extending the Agreement to June 30, 2014 for a total Agreement amount not to exceed $180,000 (no change from previously approved amount) in the aggregate.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended the Board of Supervisors authorize the Purchasing Manager for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) to execute Amendment No. 4 to the Agreement (A-11997) with Quinn Power Systems for Maintenance for Caterpillar Diesel Electric Sets and Emergency 6 Power Generator Services at NMC, extending the Agreement to June 30, 2014 for a total Agreement amount not to exceed $180,000 (no change from previously approved amount) in the aggregate.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
Quinn Power Systems has provided emergency generator and automatic transfer switch preventive maintenance and testing services for NMC since March of 2009.
The Life Safety Code requires the hospital to provide reliable emergency electrical power to alarm systems, exit route and exit sign illumination, emergency communication systems, elevators, equipment that could cause patient harm when it fails, including life support systems, blood, bone, and tissue storage systems, medical air compressors, medical and surgical vacuum systems, and areas in which loss of power could result in patient harm, including operating rooms, recovery rooms, obstetrical delivery rooms, nurseries, and urgent care areas. Maintaining the reliability of the emergency electrical system requires periodic preventive maintenance to be performed.
In addition, the Joint Commission requires that monthly emergency generator tests are conducted with a dynamic load that is at least 30% of the nameplate rating of the generator or meets the manufacturer's recommended prime movers' exhaust gas temperature...
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