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Authorize the Purchasing Manager for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) to execute Amendment No. 3 to the Agreement (SC1860) with Monterey Language Services for Translation, Interpretation and other Language Services at NMC, extending the Agreement to June 30, 2013 and adding $93,000 for Fiscal Year (FY) 2011-12 and FY 2012-2013 for a revised total Agreement amount not to exceed $171,000 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. 3 to the Agreement (SC1860) with Monterey Language Services for Translation, Interpretation and other Language Services at NMC, extending the Agreement to June 30, 2013 and adding $93,000 for Fiscal Year (FY) 2011-12 and FY 2012-2013 for a revised total Agreement amount not to exceed $171,000 in the aggregate.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
Natividad Medical Center (NMC) entered into an agreement (SC 1860) with Monterey Language Services for Translation, Interpretation and other language services at NMC, for a period of one year starting 7-1-2011 through 6-30-2012, in order to provide Interpretation services to our Patients. Monterey Language Services can provide an umbrella of language services that are not available from other vendors such as on-call telephone/in-person interpretation for Indigenous Mexican languages and in-person ASL interpretation for deaf patients. Without these services NMC would lose their capacity to provide qualified interpreters to a large group of patients and would not be in compliance with the Joint Commission standards or California and Federal laws that regulate equal access to all patients. It is therefore recommended extending the Agreement to June 30, 2013 and adding $93,000 for Fiscal year (FY) 2011-12 and FY 2012-2013 for a revised total Agreement amount not to exceed $171,000 in the aggregate. The original agreement was for $25,000. Amendment 1increased the total amoun...
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