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Evergreen Pharmaceutical, LLC, dba
Omnicare of Seattle
Inmate Pharmacy Services
Request for Waiver of Bidding Requirements Pursuant to KCC
3.70.110 for Inmate Pharmacy Services
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POLICE DEPARTMENT
RAFAEL PADILLA, POLICE CHIEF
220 4th Avenue South
Kent, WA 98032
PHONE: 253-856-2121 Memo
To: Dana Ralph, Mayor
From: Diane McCuistion, Commander
Date: December 1, 2020
Re: Request for Waiver of Bidding Requirements Pursuant to KCC 3.70.110 for Inmate
Pharmacy Services
The City of Kent Police is requesting that you waive the procedural requirement to solicit written
bids or quotations, to enter a Goods and Services Agreement, as set forth in KCC 3.70.080. At
the beginning of next year, the Corrections Facility is due to change medical providers and will
as a result lose access to a pharmacy. This change in medical providers is the result of an
extended Request for Proposals period, from which a medical provider was selected, Healthcare
Delivery. Healthcare Delivery does not maintain its own pharmacy. Instead Healthcare Delivery
recommended a pharmacy it works with in other correctional facilities, Omnicare. Comparison of
the prices quoted by Omnicare with those offered by the state’s pharmacy contract showed minor
price advantages for branded drugs, but some price disadvantages for generic drugs. Given the
short time period, and desire to facilitate a smooth transition of medical service provider, under
the circumstances, observing the normal bidding requirements would not be in the City’s best
interests.
KCC 3.70.110(A)(2) &(A)(3) allows the Mayor to waive the bidding requirements for the purchase
of goods, materials, equipment, or services that are not part of a public work upon a finding that
the bidding requirements would otherwise not be practicable or in the City’s best interests under
the circumstances. Because Omnicare offers a special service and because of the totality of the
circumstances, I believe it is in the City’s best interest to directly negotiate a services agreement
with Omnicare and request that you authorize the waiver of the bidding requirements.
If you concur, please indicate your approval and waiver of bidding requirements by signing where
indicated below. This waiver and the resulting contract will be filed with the City Clerk’s office in
accordance with Kent City Code 3.70.050.
Respectfully submitted,
Diane McCuistion
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Mayor Dana Ralph Date
11/24/2020