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Recommendation to adopt resolution authorizing City Manager, or designee, to execute a contract, and any necessary documents including any necessary amendments, with Laboratory Corporation of America, of Burlington, NC, for patient specimen collection services and laboratory data management, in the amount of $60,000, with a 25 percent contingency in the amount of $15,000, for a total contract amount not to exceed $75,000, for a period of one year, effective December 1, 2020 through November 30, 2021. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
City Council approval is requested to enter into a contract with Laboratory Corporation of America (LabCorp) to provide comprehensive clinical laboratory services, including routine testing and specialty services. These services are anticipated to be utilized in the following programs: HIV Care Coordination Clinic, Tuberculosis Clinic, Family Planning/Sexual Health Clinic, Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Clinic and others as appropriate.
The Department of Health and Human Services (Health Department) is currently utilizing LabCorp for these services and has implemented technology to allow for seamless submission of orders and distribution of test results. LabCorp provides additional value-added services to the Health Department including supplies at no-cost, and a full-time phlebotomist for specimen collection, assistance with billing information, and completion of required forms. State and County grant-funded programs mandate lab testing.
To ensure continuity of these critical services while a competitive procurement process is completed, authorization is requested for LabCorp to provide clinical laboratory services in the interim. Authorizing a contract amount of $60,000, with a 25 percent contingency in the amount of $15,000, for a total contract amount not to exceed $75,000 until November 30, 2021 will allow the Health Department adequate time to complete the procurement process. Clinical laboratory services are critical to the...
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