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Consider recommendations regarding Purchasing Bid Waivers Request for a Seimens Chemistry Analyzer and Reagents, as follows:
a. Authorize the County Purchasing Manager, without requiring a Formal Bid Process, to procure one Siemens chemistry analyzer, model Advia Centaur CP part # 086-A002-01 with Laboratory Information System Interface from Siemens Medical Solutions Diagnostics (not a local vendor) for a total amount of $96,975 for the Public Health Department clinical laboratory at the Santa Barbara location; and
b. Authorize the County Purchasing Manager to issue annual purchase orders with Siemens Medical Solutions Diagnostics (not a local vendor) for laboratory supplies/reagents for the chemistry analyzer, model Advia Centaur CP for the Fiscal Years 2007-2012 without a competitive bid in the amount of $50,000.
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