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a. Authorize the Deputy Purchasing Agent for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) or his designee to execute Renewal and amendment No. 1 to the agreement (A-13152) with Stericycle, Inc. for Hazardous Waste Disposal Services, extending the agreement an additional two (2) year period (retroactive to July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2021) for a revised full agreement term of July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2021 and adding $450,000 for a revised total agreement amount not to exceed $1,080,000.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended the Board of Supervisors:
a. Authorize the Deputy Purchasing Agent for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) or his designee to execute Renewal and amendment No. 1 to the agreement (A-13152) with Stericycle, Inc. for Hazardous Waste Disposal Services, extending the agreement an additional two (2) year period (retroactive to July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2021) for a revised full agreement term of July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2021 and adding $450,000 for a revised total agreement amount not to exceed $1,080,000.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
NMC used Stericycle for Regulated Medical Waste Services prior to this Agreement and has a proven track record of being reliable and capable of meeting NMC's Medical Waste Removal needs. As medical procedures are performed throughout the facility, waste is generated and separated into several types of waste streams. The types of waste streams generated under this banner are: red bag (blood or blood product), sharps waste (scalpel blades, broken glass vails, needles, syringes,), pathological waste, trace chemotherapy, bulk chemotherapy, pharmaceutical waste, and RCRA (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act) hazardous medical waste. On average, NMC generates 18,000 pounds of the waste mentioned above, per month.
Medical waste removal services are required by various regulating agencies. NMC's Waste Compliance seeks to achieve and maintain Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Department of Transportation (DOT) a...
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