Title
Approve Natividad Medical Center to increase the total project cost of the Acute Rehab Unit (ARU)/Medsurg 2 (MS2), by $498,012 to a revised total project cost of $2,676,384.
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
Approve Natividad Medical Center to increase the total project cost of the Acute Rehab Unit (ARU)/Medsurg 2 (MS2), by $498,012 to a revised total project cost of $2,676,384.
SUMMARY
This project is a comprehensive remodel that includes a refurbishment to all patient rooms on the Acute Rehab Unit (ARU)/Medsurg 2 (MS2). The rooms have not been refreshed since they were constructed in 1999. The rooms will have new flooring, wallpaper removed and replaced with paint, new casework, new tiling in the wash rooms, solid surface sinks, new cubicle curtains, and wall protection behind the patient beds. In addition to the patient rooms, the corridors of the unit will also be refreshed with paint, wall protection, new flooring and new nurses' stations.
NMC will also be installing an Infant Security system in the current MS2 unit in order to provide flexibility of this unit in the future, i.e. using this unit as a Maternal Infant Unit (MIU) overflow.
In addition to the refresh of the ARU tenant improvements and installation of the Infant Security System, NMC will also be installing Dialysis into ARU and MS2 which will accommodate 12 dialysis patient beds. Dialysis in the ARU and MS2 unit will allow for better patient flow and treatment of patients with kidney/ renal disease.
DISCUSSION
On October 21, 2014 the Monterey County Board of Supervisors approved NMC in the amount of $2,180,000 for the ARU/MS2 project. By the use of a Job Order Contractor (JOC) contractor NMC's construction cost was estimated to be $1,850,733 for the ARU/MS2 (JC1419) project, $110,000 for Dialysis (JC1411), and $70,196 for Infant Security (JC1406) for a total Construction expenditure of $2,030,929.
The JOC Contractor has...
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