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Authorize the Deputy Purchasing Agent for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) or his designee to execute Amendment No. 1 to the agreement (A-12693) with Mobile Instrument Service and Repair, Inc. for repair and maintenance services of surgical instruments, extending the agreement an additional two (2) year period (May 12, 2018 through May 11, 2020) for a revised full agreement term of May 12, 2015 through May 11, 2020, and adding $300,000 for a revised total agreement amount not to exceed $570,000.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended the Board of Supervisors:
Authorize the Deputy Purchasing Agent for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) or his designee to execute amendment no. 1 to the agreement (A-12693) with Mobile Instrument Service and Repair, Inc. for repair and maintenance services of surgical instruments, extending the agreement an additional two (2) year period (May 12, 2018 through May 11, 2020) for a revised full agreement term of May 12, 2015 through May 11, 2020, and adding $300,000 for a revised total agreement amount not to exceed $570,000.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
Mobile Instrument Service and Repair, Inc. provides comprehensive services for repairing instruments and certain endoscopes which are needed by several NMC departments to assure that certain equipment used for surgical procedures are fully functional. Critical areas where these services are needed include the Surgery Department, Labor and Delivery Department as well as the Emergency Department. These services are beneficial to NMC because quality functioning instruments and scopes are required for surgical procedures.
NMC currently owns the following types of "scopes", all of which require servicing:
* Cystoscopes - allows the surgeon to visualize the inside of the bladder
* Ureteroscopes - allows the surgeon to visualize the inside of the ureter
* Laparoscopes - allows the surgeon to visualize the abdominal contents when performing abdominal surgeries such as appendectomy, cholecystec...
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