Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Louise F. Rogers, Chief, San Mateo County Health
Subject: Amend Agreement between Verily Life Sciences LLC and County of San Mateo
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing the Chief of San Mateo County Health, or the Chief's designee, to execute an amendment to the Agreement between Verily Life Sciences LLC and the County of San Mateo for COVID-19 screening and drive-thru sample collection and testing to increase the maximum amount payable under the agreement to $7,000,000 and to add a Business Associates Agreement ("BAA") (Attachment H).
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BACKGROUND:
Identifying positive COVID-19 cases through community testing opportunities continues to be a key component of both the State's and the County's pandemic response. Since September, the County has increased testing capacity seven-fold at County-supported community testing sites. These sites now include multiple daily stationary drive-through sites, a rotating drive-through testing operation, and daily mobile van and neighborhood testing events.
As part of the County's efforts to immediately increase testing capacity after the announcement of the Blueprint for a Safer Economy, the County entered into an Agreement with Verily Life Sciences LLC ("Verily") on September 23, 2020, to fund the rotating drive-through operation that currently performs on average 3,500 tests per week. The testing operation rotates among sites in San Bruno, South San Francisco, Half Moon Bay, North Fair Oaks, and East Palo Alto on a regular schedule. On September 29, 2020, pursuant to Resolution No. 077725, the Board of Supervisors authorized an amendment of the Agreement with Verily to increase the not-to-exceed amount to $5,000,000 to cover the estimated costs of the rotating testing operation through the month of December 2020. A further amendment followed to update FEMA emergency provisions and to...
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