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) Women's Health Services Program for the period July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010. The Health Department has a need to make funds available for the CFHS program to provide for comprehensive pediatric care from Nationwide Children's Hospital.
Nationwide Children's Hospital has a continuous history of providing comprehensive pediatric care under the Child and Family Health Services Women's Health Services Program. Many of the children seen in the Women's Health Services program are indigent, uninsured and in need of a high level of pediatric care, and it is necessary that they be provided access to comprehensive pediatric care to insure optimal childhood development.
These services were advertised through the City's Vendor Services website (SA003308) and Nationwide Children's Hospital was the only submitted bid. This contract is for the first year of a five-year contract Nationwide Children's Hospital's FID Number is 31-4379441. 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 $54,730.
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To authorize and direct the Board of Health to enter into a contract with Nationwide Children's Hospital for the provision of comprehensive pediatric care for the women's health services program; to authorize the expenditure of $54,730 from the Health Department Grants Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($54,730)
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WHEREAS, the Board of Health has a need for Nationwide Children's Hospital to provide comprehensive pediatric care services for the women's health services program for the period of July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010, and,
WHEREAS, Nationwide Children's Hospital has the expertise and has had a long history of providing comprehensive pediatric care services to patients in the Child and Family Health Services Women's Health Services 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 Nationwide Children's Hospital to provide comprehensive pediatric care services for the period of July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010, in an amount not to exceed $54,730.
SECTION 2. That to pay the cost of said contract, the expenditure of $54,730 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. 509118, OCA Code 509118.
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.