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a. Authorize the Deputy Purchasing Agent for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) or his designee to execute an Agreement with Med Turn, Inc., an Inmar company and parent company of EXP Pharmaceutical Services Corp. for pharmaceutical reverse distribution services and Cactus Smart Sink Supplies & Services, for an amount not to exceed $96,000, with an Agreement term of October 1, 2016 through September 30, 2019; and
b. Authorize the Deputy Purchasing Agent for NMC or his designee to execute up to two (2) future amendments to the agreement which do not significantly alter the scope of work and do not cause an increase of more than ten percent (10%) ($9,600) of the original cost of the agreement.
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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 an Agreement with Med Turn, Inc., an Inmar company and parent company of EXP Pharmaceutical Services Corp. for pharmaceutical reverse distribution services and Cactus Smart Sink Supplies & Services, for an amount not to exceed $96,000, with an Agreement term of October 1, 2016 through September 30, 2019; and
b. Authorize the Deputy Purchasing Agent for NMC or his designee to execute up to two (2) future amendments to the agreement which do not significantly alter the scope of work and do not cause an increase of more than ten percent (10%) ($9,600) of the original cost of the agreement.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
Natividad Medical Center accumulates medications that cannot be dispensed to patients for various reasons, the most common being expiration. These unusable medications can be divided into two groups based upon their legal requirements for handling. The two groups are controlled substances and non-controlled substances.
Controlled substances are designated as such by federal and state law. These medications are controlled due to high addiction or abuse potential. By law expired intact controlled ...
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