Explanation
BACKGROUND: The Board of Health was awarded $160,000.00 in grant monies from the Ohio Department of Health, Centers for Disease Control for the Public Health Emergency Preparedness/Public Health Emergency Response program. This ordinance is needed to authorize a contract with The Strategy Team for $48,810.00 for the time period June 1, 2010 through July 30, 2010.
The purpose of the contract is to fund focus groups to primarily target zip codes
43201, 43203, 43205,43207, 43211, 43219, 43222 and 43223 to glean better ways on communicating to the residents living in these areas about the H1N1 vaccination process with the hope of increased participation in future campaigns.
Informal bids were conducted at the Health Department - see attached bid waiver information. The Strategy Team was selected as the lowest and most responsive bid for the project. They are contract compliant and the vendor number is 26-326-6266.
Emergency action is requested given the short time frame of the available grant funding.
FISCAL IMPACT: The Public Health Emergency Preparedness/Public Health Emergency Response grant budget provides $48,810.00 for a contract with The Strategy Team for the focus group project.
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To authorize and direct the Board of Health to enter into a contract with The Strategy Team in order to increase participation rates for future H1N1 campaigns in central Ohio; to authorize the expenditure of $48,810.00 from the Health Department Grants Fund; to waive the competitive bidding provisions of the Columbus City Codes; and to declare an emergency. ($48,810.00)
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WHEREAS, a contract with The Strategy Team will conduct focus groups in targeted central Ohio neighborhoods to increase H1N1 vaccination participation in future campaigns; and,
WHEREAS, this contract is necessary per the requirements of the Ohio Department of Health, Public Health Emergency Preparedness/Public Health Emergency Response program; and,
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Columbus Health Department in that it is immediately necessary to authorize this contract for the immediate preservation of the public health, peace, property, safety and welfare; Now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Board of Health is hereby authorized and directed to enter into a contract with The Strategy Team for the period June 1, 2010 through July 30, 2010.
SECTION 2. The provisions of Columbus City Code Section 329.11 are hereby waived.
SECTION 3. That to pay the cost of said contract the expenditure of $48,810.00 is hereby authorized from the Health Department Grants Fund, Fund No. 251, Department No. 50, Grant No. 509075, OCA 509079, Object Level One 03, Object Level Three 3336.
SECTION 4. That the City Auditor is authorized to make any accounting changes necessary to ensure that this contract is properly accounted for and recorded accurately on the City's financial records.
SECTION 5. That for reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this ordinance is declared to be an emergency measure and shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval by the Mayor, or ten days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.