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File #: 12836   
Type: Consent Status: Passed
File created: 9/12/2025 Department: Arrowhead Regional Medical Center
On agenda: 9/23/2025 Final action: 9/23/2025
Subject: Appropriation Adjustments to Contract with Becton, Dickinson and Company for the Rental of the Totalys SlidePrep Instrument and the Purchase of Supplies, Reagents, and Service Plan
REPORT/RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
AND RECORD OF ACTION

September 23, 2025

FROM
ANDREW GOLDFRACH, ARMC Chief Executive Officer, Arrowhead Regional Medical Center

SUBJECT
Title
Appropriation Adjustments to Contract with Becton, Dickinson and Company for the Rental of the Totalys SlidePrep Instrument and the Purchase of Supplies, Reagents, and Service Plan
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RECOMMENDATION(S)
Recommendation
Approve an increase of appropriation to Contract No. 21-625 with Becton, Dickinson, and Company for the rental of the Totalys SlidePrep Instrument and the purchase of supplies, reagents, and service plan, increasing the not-to-exceed contract amount by $30,000 from $251,748 to $281,748, with no change to the term of April 6, 2021 through April 5, 2026.
(Presenter: Andrew Goldfrach, ARMC Chief Executive Officer, 580-6150)
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COUNTY AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER GOALS & OBJECTIVES
Provide for the Safety, Health and Social Service Needs of County Residents.

FINANCIAL IMPACT
Approval of this item will not result in the use of Discretionary General Funding (Net County Cost). The increase of appropriation in the amount of $30,000 is funded by State Medi-Cal, Federal Medicare, private insurances, and other departmental revenue. Funding sources may change in the future pending any legislative activity related to the repeal and/or replacement of the Affordable Care Act. Adequate appropriation and revenue have been included in the Arrowhead Regional Medical Center (ARMC) 2025-26 budget.

BACKGROUND INFORMATION
On April 6, 2021 (Item No. 12), the Board of Supervisors (Board) approved Contract No. 21-625 with Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD) for the rental of the Totalys SlidePrep Instrument (SlidePrep) and the purchase of supplies, reagents, and a service plan, for the term of April 6, 2021 through April 5, 2026, at a not-to-exceed amount of $251,748. However, the terms of the contract amount of $251,748, was an inte...

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