Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Colleen Chawla, Chief, San Mateo County Health
Chester J. Kunnappilly, MD, Chief Executive Officer, San Mateo Medical Center
Subject: Issuance of Purchase Orders to Priority Healthcare DBA Curascript Specialty for Intrauterine and Implantable Prescription Devices
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing the County Purchasing Agent to issue purchase orders to Priority Healthcare DBA Curascript to provide intrauterine, implantable prescription devices and also medication used to treat opioid use disorder, for the term of July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025, in an amount not to exceed $775,000.
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BACKGROUND:
As part of San Mateo County's commitment to women's health, San Mateo Medical Center (SMMC) offers a variety of intrauterine and implantable prescription devices that provide birth control for its patients. This Board previously authorized the County Purchasing Agent on January 28, 2025 to issue purchase orders to Priority Healthcare DBA Curascript (Curascript) to provide intrauterine and implantable prescription devices. Curascript also manufactures Sublocade for opioid use disorder.
DISCUSSION:
SMMC historically purchased Sublocade via purchase order from Curascript until the end of the fiscal year ending in June 2024 under the terms of the County's group purchasing contract with Vizient. At the beginning of this current fiscal year in July 2025 Sublocade was removed from the Vizient GPO agreement. However, orders for Sublocade continued during the current fiscal year to meet patient needs. The removal of Sublocade from the Vizient GPO contract triggered County controls preventing direct payment for those orders in the absence of a renewed contract.
SMMC is requesting this Board to temporarily waive the competitive solicitation for Sublocade because doing so is in the County's best interest. First, Sublocade is curre...
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