Explanation
BACKGROUND: The Board of Health has been awarded grant funds from the Ohio Department of Health to fund the Child and Family Health Services (CFHS) Perinatal Program for the period July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013. Columbus Public Health has a need to make funds available for the CFHS program to provide for high risk perinatal services from The Ohio State University Research Foundation.
The Ohio State University Research Foundation has a continuous relationship of providing high risk perinatal care services under the Child and Family Health Services Perinatal Program. Many women seen in the perinatal program are high-risk and uninsured patients, and it is necessary that they be provided access to this specialized service.
These services were advertised through the City's Vendor Services website (SA003307) and the OSU Research Foundation was the only submitted bid. This contract is for the fourth year of a five-year contract. The Ohio State University Research Foundation's FID Number is 31-6401599. It is a non-profit organization and is therefore exempt from contract compliance.
Emergency action is requested in order to avoid any delays in providing program services.
FISCAL IMPACT: Funding for this expenditure is provided with Grant Funds from the Ohio Department of Health in the amount of $109,500.00.
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To authorize and direct the Board of Health to enter into a contract with The Ohio State University Research Foundation for the provision of high risk perinatal care services; to authorize the expenditure of $109,500.00 from the Health Department Grants Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($109,500.00)
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WHEREAS, the Board of Health has a need for The Ohio State University Research Foundation to provide high risk perinatal care services in Franklin County for the period of July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013, and,
WHEREAS, The Ohio State University Research Foundation has the expertise and has had a long history of providing high risk perinatal care services to patients in the Child and Family Health Services Perinatal Program, and,
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Health Department in that it is immediately necessary to enter into this contract for the immediate preservation of the public health, peace, property, safety and welfare, and to avoid any delays in providing services; 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 Ohio State University Research Foundation to provide high risk perinatal care services for the period of July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013, in an amount not to exceed $109,500.00.
SECTION 2. That to pay the cost of said contract, the expenditure of $109,500.00 is hereby authorized from the Health Department Grants Fund, Fund No. 251, Department of Health, Department No. 50, Object Level One 03, Object Level Three 3351, Grant No. 501229, OCA Code 501229.
SECTION 3. 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 4. 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.