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Recommendation to adopt Specifications No. RFP HE22-019 and award a contract to Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings (LabCorp), of Burlington, NC, for clinical laboratory services, in a total annual amount not to exceed $60,000, for a period of one year, with the option to renew for four additional one-year periods, at the discretion of the City Manager; and, authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to enter into the contract, including any necessary subsequent amendments. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
City Council approval is requested to enter into a contract with LabCorp for providing comprehensive clinical laboratory services, including routine testing, patient specimen collection, and laboratory data management for HIV Care Coordination, Tuberculosis, and the Family Planning/Sexual Health Clinics. These services are required for specimens to be analyzed accurately and in a timely manner. Providers can interpret results, make important diagnostic decisions, and provide treatment impacting patient care and health. These critical services are necessary to meet the City of Long Beach’s (City) obligations under State and County grant-funded programs that mandate lab testing.
The Request for Proposals (RFP) was advertised in the Long Beach Business Journal on January 25, 2022, and 329 potential proposers specializing in diagnostic testing services were notified of the RFP opportunity. Of those proposers, 15 downloaded the RFP via the City’s electronic bid system. The RFP document was made available from the Purchasing Division, located on the sixth floor of City Hall, and the Division’s website at www.longbeach.gov/purchasing
. An RFP announcement was also included in the Purchasing Division’s weekly update of Open Bid Opportunities, which is sent to 42 local, minority-owned, and women-owned business groups. There were two proposals received on February 10, 2022. Of those two propo...
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