Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Louise Rogers, Chief, Health System
Chester J. Kunnappilly, MD, Chief Executive Officer, San Mateo Medical Center
Subject: Agreement with The CBORD Group, Inc. to Provide Nutritional System Services
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing an agreement with The CBORD Group, Inc. to provide nutritional system services for the term of November 1, 2017 through October 31, 2022, in an amount not to exceed $220,000.
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BACKGROUND:
San Mateo Medical Center (SMMC) has a continuous need for patient nutritional system services. A patient diet software system is intended to ensure patients receive nutritionally adequate meals in accordance with their physician-prescribed diet order. SMMC's current patient diet software system is unable to automatically provide compliant diet orders to patients, sending patients items that they do not like or cannot tolerate. In addition, the current diet software system is no longer being supported. Due to the lack of system support and features, and the impact on patient experience score for SMMC's food quality, it is in SMMC's best interest to seek a new provider.
DISCUSSION:
A waiver of the Request for Proposals process has been approved under the existing Group Purchasing Organization (GPO) agreement with MedAssets, which secures competitive rates for such services for the County.
The CBORD Group, Inc. (CBORD), a GPO vendor, was chosen to provide a replacement nutritional system to SMMC. The nutritional system will automate and manage patient menu cycles, tray tickets, recipe scaling and costing, ordering and receiving integration with the vendor Sysco, and nutrition analysis. This agreement is coming to your Board late due to protracted negotiations.
The agreement and resolution have been reviewed and approved by County Counsel as to form.
The resolution contains the County's standard pro...
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