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a. Authorize the Purchasing Manager for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) to execute the Second Amendment to Professional Services Agreement (A-11827) with Monterey County Eye Associates to provide ophthalmology services at NMC, extending the term of the agreement to June 30, 2015 and adding $352,800, for an amount not to exceed $705,600 in the aggregate (for the period July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2015); and
b. Authorize the Purchasing Manager for NMC to execute to sign up to three (3) amendments to this agreement where the total amendments do not exceed 10% of the original contract amount, and do not significantly change the scope of work.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
a) Authorize the Purchasing Manager for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) to execute the Second Amendment to Professional Services Agreement (A-11827) with Monterey County Eye Associates to provide ophthalmology services at NMC, extending the term of the agreement to June 30, 2015 and adding $352,800, for an amount not to exceed $705,600 in the aggregate (for the period July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2015); and
b) Authorize the Purchasing Manager for NMC to execute to sign up to three (3) amendments to this agreement where the total amendments do not exceed 10% of the original contract amount, and do not significantly change the scope of work.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
NMC has an agreement effective July 1, 2011, and amended July 1, 2012, with Monterey County Eye Associates to provide 24 hours a day, 7 days a week ophthalmology call coverage in the emergency department and to provide initial evaluation of high risk premature infants in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). NMC wishes to enter into the Second Amendment with Monterey County Eye Associates to extend the term of the agreement an additional twenty (24) months and to increase the maximum liability of the agreement, but not increase the rate of pay for services.
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