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, 2007 through June 30, 2008. The Health Department 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.
A request is made to waive the provisions of competitive bidding. 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.
FISCAL IMPACT: Funding for this expenditure is provided with Grant Funds from the Ohio Department of Health in the amount of $150,000.
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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 $150,000 from the Health Department Grants Fund; and to waive the provisions for competitive bidding ($150,000)
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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, 2007 through June 30, 2008, 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; Now, therefore,
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, 2007 through June 30, 2008, in an amount not to exceed $150,000.
SECTION 2. That to pay the cost of said contract, the expenditure of $150,000 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. 507018, OCA Code 507018.
SECTION 3. That the provisions of the Columbus City Code, Section 329.02 are hereby met.
SECTION 4. That the provisions of Columbus City Code, Section 329.12, dealing with competitive bidding, are hereby waived.
SECTION 5. 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 6. That this ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after the earliest period allowed by law.