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a. Authorize the Deputy Purchasing Agent for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) or his designee to execute an Agreement with California Transplant Services dba SafetyGraft for Tissue Bank Services at NMC for an amount not to exceed $175,000 for the term January 1, 2016 through December 31, 2020.
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%) of the original cost of the agreement per each amendment.
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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 an Agreement with California Transplant Services dba SafetyGraft for Tissue Bank Services at NMC for an amount not to exceed $175,000 for the term January 1, 2016 through December 31, 2020.
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%) of the original cost of the agreement per each amendment.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
California Transplant Services, Inc. (CTS) is licensed by the California Department of Public Health and is an IRS qualified 501(c) 3 non-profit public charity. CTS operates an eye and tissue bank offering physicians worldwide quality tissue for transplant and is accredited by the American Association of Tissue Banks and a member of the Eye Bank Association of America.
NMC would like to establish a five year agreement with California Transplant Services because of its need to appropriately store tissue such as bone flaps. NMC performs craniotomies that require patient's skull flaps to be removed. These bone flaps will be properly stored at California Transplant Services. Currently f...
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