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Authorize the Deputy Purchasing Agent for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) or his designee to execute Amendment No. 5 to the agreement (A-11012) with GE Healthcare for biomedical equipment services to extend the term of the agreement for one (1) additional year (March 1, 2018 through February 28, 2019) for a revised full agreement term of September 1, 2007 through February 28, 2019, and to increase the Agreement by an additional $745,728 for a revised total Agreement amount not to exceed $3,718,234.
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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. 5 to the agreement (A-11012) with GE Healthcare for biomedical equipment services to extend the term of the agreement for one (1) additional year (March 1, 2018 through February 28, 2019) for a revised full agreement term of September 1, 2007 through February 28, 2019, and to increase the Agreement by an additional $745,728 for a revised total Agreement amount not to exceed $3,718,234.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
Natividad Medical Center (NMC) has had an agreement with GE Healthcare (GE) for biomedical engineering services since 2007. The services include preventive equipment maintenance on biomedical equipment, sterilizer and laboratory equipment as well as contracted personnel to manage and maintain the inventory. The Joint Commission requires that hospitals have an Equipment Management Plan that details the hospital's biomedical equipment inventory with a plan on how it will be maintained based on the manufacturer's recommendation. GE performs all of the functions to keep the hospital compliant with the Joint Commission requirement.
The current agreement was recently amended in December 2017 to extend briefly through February 28, 2018 to allow time to conclude negotiation of a mutually agreed upon pricing structure going forward in tandem with a recent inventory true-up of all bi...
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