Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Louise F. Rogers, Chief, San Mateo County Health
Cassius Lockett, PhD, Director, Public Health Policy and Planning
Subject: Hologic Gen-Probe Sales and Services, Inc. Vendor Agreement
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution:
A) Waiving the competitive bidding process for test kits and reagents that will result in a vendor agreement with a sole source vendor; and
B) Authorizing the Purchasing Agent to renew a Reagent Purchase and System Loan Agreement with Hologic Gen-Probe Sales and Service, Inc. for sole source test kits and reagents that will result in a vendor agreement for a five-year term effective from the date the Reagent Purchase and System Loan Agreement has been executed by both parties, for a maximum obligation of $1.89 million; and
C) Authorizing the Purchasing Agent to add new sole source reagents and test supplies to the Reagent Purchase and System Loan Agreement as necessary.
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BACKGROUND:
For the last sixteen years, the County has contracted with Hologic Gen-Probe to provide test kits and reagents for the collection of bodily fluids and the determination of symptoms indicating certain communicable diseases. Hologic Gen-Probe has also loaned the County, via a loan agreement, molecular testing equipment.
DISCUSSION:
The Public Health Laboratory (PHL) is committed to optimizing its methodology for testing infectious diseases. Hologic Gen-Probe offers products that use nucleic acid molecular testing procedures for chlamydia and gonorrhea tests through cervical swabs, urethral swabs, urine specimens, and other anatomical sites recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The automated platform used for chlamydia and gonorrhea testing also allows the PHL to test for HIV and hepatitis C viral load monitoring for San Mateo County Health clients.
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