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CITY OF SANTA ANA complete and legible. Contractor's employees shall properly affix seals to blood vials and shall properly seal blood kits and urine kits. 7. All blood samples (urine samples) shall be refrigerated upon collection and shall remain refrigerated until deposited in the Sheriff-Coroner Crime Lab Refrigerator. Contractor shall provide the supplies necessary to insure that blood samples are refrigerated and transported as required by the County of Orange and this Contract, at no cost to the City of Santa Ana. 8. All blood samples (urine samples) shall be deposited in the Sheriff-Coroner Forensic Refrigerator located at 320 N. Flower St. Santa Ana, CA 92703 prior to the end of the employees work period or prior to 6:00 A.M. (Pacific Time), whichever comes sooner. 9. Contractor's employees shall draw as much blood as possible to fill blood kit vials. 10. "Dry Runs" (defined as a blood draw attempt with no blood collected) and empty blood vials shall not be compensated by the City of Santa Ana. The exact number of dry runs is unknown and cannot be determined in advance, but Contractor must anticipate a certain percentage of calls for assistance under this Contract will result in Dry Runs. II. Qualification of Contractor's Employees • 1. Contractor's employees providing services under this Contract shall be licensed to draw blood in compliance with all laws and regulations of the State of California, including, but not limited to, California Vehicle Code section 23158. Contractor's employees and procedures shall be in compliance with Orange County Sheriff-Coroner methods on file with the California Department of Health Services . 2. Contractor's employees are subject to security clearance by County of Orange. Acceptability of background investigation results shall be at the sole discretion of the County of Orange. If the security clearance of a Contractor employee is determined to be unacceptable, Contractor agrees that said employee will not provide services under this Contract. III. Coverage 1. Contractor shall provide coverage to perform the services herein described, twenty- four (24) hours a day, seven (7) days a week, and three hundred sixty-five (365) days a year (366 in leap years), during the Contract term. Such services shall be provided at the request of the City of Santa Ana within the County of Orange. 2. Contractor shall maintain a single local telephone number staffed, twenty-four (24) hours a day, seven (7) days a week, and three hundred sixty-five (365) days a year (366 in leap years) to provide service under this Contract and to receive requests for service. Contractor may use an answering service only if it provides immediate notification and response, and is subject to the time limits set forth in Section III, Coverage, paragraphs 4 and 5. 3. Contractor's employees shall respond, when requested, to any and all locations within the County of Orange, including, but not limited to: 1) Santa Ana Police Department, 2) Orange County hospitals, 3) DUI check points, and 4) Saturation Patrol Areas. 4. Contractor's employees shall arrive at a call for service within the City of Santa Ana within forty-five (45) minutes of Contractor being notified of the request. Notification includes, but is not limited to, notification directly or through a telephone call to Contractor answering service, unless Contractor already has personnel performing services at that location. 5. Contractor's employees shall arrive at a call for service at any location other than Intake Release Center within sixty (60) minutes of Contractor being notified of the request, including, but not City Council 10 – 14 2/17/2026