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Authorize the Director of Health or Assistant Director of Health to execute a Standard Agreement with Medical Couriers, Inc., for the provision of continued courier services to transport various laboratory specimens from the Monterey County Health Department's Public Health Laboratory to referenced laboratories, in the amount of $50,000 for the retroactive period from July 1, 2020 to August 31, 2025.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
Authorize the Director of Health or Assistant Director of Health to execute a Standard Agreement with Medical Couriers, Inc., for the provision of continued courier services to transport various laboratory specimens from the Monterey County Health Department's Public Health Laboratory to referenced laboratories, in the amount of $50,000 for the retroactive period from July 1, 2020 to August 31, 2025.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
Medical Couriers, Inc. provides courier services for the transportation of infectious materials and diagnostic specimens. For the past seven years, they have been a service provider for the Monterey County Health Department Public Health Laboratory. Their services have been cost effective, efficient, and responsive. Because of their responsive and efficient services, the Monterey County Health Department wishes to continue working with Medical Couriers, Inc. The start date of the Agreement is retroactive to July 1, 2020 due to the length of time it took to negotiate with the vendor updated rates and terms needed for the Agreement.
This work supports the MCHD 2018-2022 Strategic Plan Goal: 1. Empower the community to improve health; Goal 2. Enhance public health and safety through prevention; and Goal 3. Ensure access to culturally and linguistically appropriate, customer-friendly, quality health services. Additionally, this work supports three of the ten essential public health services: inform, educate, and empower people about health issues; link people to needed pers...
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