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a. Authorize the Deputy Purchasing Agent for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) to execute an Agreement with Quality Assurance Services, Inc. for Radiation Physics and Performance Testing Services of Radiology Equipment at NMC for an amount not to exceed $107,270, with a retroactive start date of July 1, 2014 and an end date through June 30, 2017; and
b. Authorize the Deputy Purchasing Agent for NMC to execute up to three (3) future Amendments to the Agreement which do not significantly alter the scope of work and whereby each Amendment does not cause an increase of more than ten percent (10%) of the original cost of the Agreement.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended the Board of Supervisors:
a. Authorize the Deputy Purchasing Agent for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) to execute an Agreement with Quality Assurance Services, Inc. for Radiation Physics and Performance Testing Services of Radiology Equipment at NMC for an amount not to exceed $107,270, with a retroactive start date of July 1, 2014 and an end date through June 30, 2017.
b. Authorize the Deputy Purchasing Agent for NMC to execute up to three (3) future Amendments to the Agreement which do not significantly alter the scope of work and whereby each Amendment does not cause an increase of more than ten percent (10%) of the original cost of the Agreement.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
Quality Assurance Services, Inc. (QAS) is a company that provides board certified Medical Diagnostic Physicists that perform evaluations and testing to equipment found in the Radiology Department. Natividad Medical Center Radiology Department is required per Joint Commission and California Department of Public Health (CDPH) to have at least annually performance testing evaluations on radiographic, magnetic resonance imaging equipment (MRI), computed tomography (CT) equipment, ultra sound and nuclear medicine equipment by a qualified medical physicist who is board certified by the American Board of Radiology ...
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