Explanation
BACKGROUND: The Health Department provides laboratory testing of medical specimens generated by various programs within the Health Department. A "Request for Proposals for Reference Laboratory Services" for a three-year period was sent out in 2004, and Grant/Riverside Methodist Hospitals was awarded a contract. This ordinance will authorize funding for the period of February 1, 2007 through January 31, 2008 (3rd year of 3-year contract). Emergency action is requested to ensure continued testing services for Health Department patients. The Contract Compliance number is 314394942. Grant/Riverside is a nonprofit organization and is therefore exempt from certification.
Ten RFP's for Reference Lab Services were sent to various labs, and 5 proposals were received. The estimated annual costs of the proposals received are as follows:
Grant/Riverside Labs $111,390
LabCorp $126,226
University Reference Labs $127,050
Porter Labs $153,714
Mount Carmel $229,404
FISCAL IMPACT: $114,000 is budgeted in the 2007 Health Special Revenue Fund to provide funding for this contract.
Title
To authorize the Board of Health to enter into a contract with Grant/Riverside Methodist Hospitals to provide laboratory testing services for various Health Department programs; to authorize the expenditure of $114,000 from the Health Special Revenue Fund to pay the costs thereof; and to declare an emergency. ($114,000)
Body
WHEREAS, proposals were formally submitted through the RFP process for laboratory testing services for various programs of the Health Department; and,
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Health Department in that it is immediately necessary to enter into a contract with Grant/Riverside Methodist Hospitals for the immediate preservation of the public health, peace, property, safety and welfare, and to ensure continued testing services; Now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Board of Health is hereby authorized to enter into a contract with Grant/Riverside Methodist Hospitals for laboratory testing of medical specimens for various programs of the Health Department for the period of February 1, 2007 through January 31, 2008.
SECTION 2. That to pay the cost of said contract, the expenditure of $114,000 is hereby authorized from the Health Special Revenue Fund, Fund No. 250, Department of Health, Department No. 50-01, Object Level One 03, Object Level Three 3408 as follows:
OCA: 502054; Amount: $60,000
OCA: 502047; Amount: $54,000
SECTION 3. 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.