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Sheriff's Office recommending the Board:
1) Make findings in accordance with Ordinance 3.13.030(a) that the services provided by the Contractor are in the best interest of the public and that the work can be more economically and feasibly performed by independent contractors than County employees;
2) Make findings in accordance with Procurement Policy C-17 Section 3.4(2f) exempting the competitive bidding process, with Purchasing Agent concurrence, because the procurement is for services where the continuity of providers will provide efficiency or critical knowledge, and other providers of the services cannot provide similar efficiencies or critical knowledge; and
3) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute Amendment IV to Agreement 2402 with Michael C. Berry, M.D., to provide selected pathology and related services in Placerville and South Lake Tahoe for the Sheriff's Coroner Division, increasing the amount by $600,000 to $2,600,000, extending the term of the Agreement by a year and a half for a revised termination date of December 31, 2026, and replacing Article XVIII, Conflict of Interest, in its entirety.
FUNDING: General Fund.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
Dr. Michael C. Berry has been providing pathology services to the Sheriff's Office since September 2010 to assist with death investigations. Dr. Berry's rates, in comparison to other providers of similar services, are the most cost effective in the surrounding market. This is important since, the Sheriff's Office has historically had a high volume of pathology service needs, and Dr. Berry has been an affordable and efficient provider.
On April 3, 2018, with Legistar file 18-0265, the Board approved Agreement 2402 with Dr. Berry for a term of 3 years and an amount not to exceed $985,000. On September 29, 2020, with Legistar file 20-0731, the Board approved the extension of the term to 7 years, from May 1, 2018 to June 30, 2025, and the amount was increased by $400,000 to $1,385,000. On Decem...
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