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a. Authorize the Deputy Purchasing Agent for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) or his designee to execute the Professional and Call Coverage Services Agreement with Central Coast Head & Neck Surgeons to provide otolaryngology and audiology services at NMC in an amount not to exceed $1,500,000 for the period July 1, 2016 to June 30, 2018; and
b. Authorize the Deputy Purchasing Agent for NMC or his designee to sign up to three (3) amendments to this Agreement where the total amendments do not extend the term by more than twelve (12) months, do not exceed 10% ($150,000) 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 Deputy Purchasing Agent for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) or his designee to execute the Professional and Call Coverage Services Agreement with Central Coast Head & Neck Surgeons to provide otolaryngology and audiology services at NMC in an amount not to exceed $1,500,000 for the period July 1, 2016 to June 30, 2018; and
b. Authorize the Deputy Purchasing Agent for NMC or his designee to sign up to three (3) amendments to this Agreement where the total amendments do not extend the term by more than twelve (12) months, do not exceed 10% ($150,000) of the original contract amount and do not significantly change the scope of work.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
NMC must arrange for the provision of professional consultation and treatment and facial plastic, oral-maxillofacial, head and neck and dental surgery services of patients who present to the Emergency Department (ED) as required for a Level II Trauma Center. Central Coast Head and Neck Surgeons offers four board certified surgeons to provide 24 hours a day, 7 days a week otolaryngology, also known as ear, nose and throat (ENT), call coverage in the emergency department and audiology services to hospital inpatients, and outpatients in the specialty clinic.
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