Explanation
BACKGROUND: The Board of Health has been awarded a grant from the Ohio Department of Health for the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Program. Columbus Public Health has been designated as the primary grantee agency and administrator for the WIC Program in Franklin County. The grant funds awarded provide for multiple contracts to meet various grant deliverables in an amount not to exceed $634,100.00 among the contracts.
The contracts named in the approved grant application are:
Research Institute Nationwide Children’s Hospital 31-6056230 $584,100.00
PrimaryOne Health 31-1533908 $ 28,000.00
Ohio Support Services Corp 31-0945405 $ 22,000.00
TOTAL: $634,100.00
This ordinance waives relevant competitive bidding provisions of the Columbus City Code. The vendors listed above were included in the grant application because they all provide specific services that are needed to meet grant deliverables.
Emergency action is requested in order to avoid any delays in providing program services to meet grant deliverables.
FISCAL IMPACT: The Women, Infants and Children Program is entirely funded by the Ohio Department of Health. This program does not generate any revenue or require a City Match. This Ordinance is contingent on the passage of Ordinance No. 2462-2017 that authorizes the acceptance and appropriation of $6,520,087.00 for the 2017-2018 Women, Infants and Children Program.
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To authorize and direct the Board of Health to enter into contracts with Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, PrimaryOne Health and Ohio Support Services Corp for the Women, Infants and Children Program; to authorize the expenditure of $634,100.00 from the Health Department Grants Fund; to waive the competitive bidding provisions of the Columbus City Codes; and to declare an emergency. ($634,100.00)
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WHEREAS, The Ohio Department of Health has designated the Columbus Health Department as primary grantee agency and fund administrator for the Women, Infants and Children Grant Program in Franklin County; and
WHEREAS, Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, PrimaryOne Health and Ohio Support Services Corp will provide various services to meet all grant deliverables required by the Women, Infants and Children Grant; and
WHEREAS, it is in the City’s best interest to waive provisions of Chapter 329 of City Code related to competitive bidding in order to enter into these contracts; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Health Department in that it is immediately necessary to enter into these contracts for the immediate preservation of the public health, peace, property, safety and welfare and to avoid any delays in providing program services to meet grant deliverables; 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 the following contracts to meet various grant deliverables for the period of October 1, 2017 through October 31, 2018, in an amount not to exceed $634,100.00:
Research Institute Nationwide Children’s Hospital 31-6056230 $584,100.00
PrimaryOne Health 31-1533908 $ 28,000.00
Ohio Support Services Corp 31-0945405 $ 22,000.00
TOTAL: $634,100.00
SECTION 2. That for the contracts stated above, the sum of $634,100.00 is hereby authorized to be expended from the Health Department Grants Fund, Fund No. 2251, according to the attached accounting document.
SECTION 3. That this Council finds that it is in the City’s best interest to waive the competitive bidding provisions of the Columbus City Code Chapter 329 to enter into these contracts.
SECTION 4. That the funds necessary to carry out the purpose of this ordinance are hereby deemed appropriated, and the City Auditor shall establish such accounting codes as necessary.
SECTION 5. That the City Auditor is authorized to make any accounting changes to revise the funding source for all contracts or contract modifications associated with this ordinance and 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 6. That for reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this ordinance is hereby 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.