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BACKGROUND: Columbus Public Health received funds for the STD Surveillance Network (SSuN) grant program from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The purpose of the STD Surveillance Network (SSuN) is to provide enhanced behavioral, demographic, and clinical information on gonorrhea cases reported to state and local health departments.
The STD Surveillance Network (SSuN) grant program will contract with The Ohio State University. The contract will deliver the execution of the STD Surveillance Network for Central Ohio. This will assist in providing information that will allow CDC, as well as state and local health departments, to better understand the epidemiology of STDs.
BID INFORMATION: The STD Surveillance Network (SSuN) subrecipient agreement is being executed in accordance with the sole source provisions outlined in Chapter 329 of the Columbus City Code; The Ohio State University is the only academic medical center in the region with extensive clinical expertise and capacity for sexual health analysis needed to support the requirements of the grant.
FISCAL IMPACT: This contract is funded entirely by a grant award from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This grant does not generate revenue nor require a city match.
Emergency action is required to ensure the continued operation of the STD Surveillance Network (SSuN) grant program and to meet grant deliverables required by the grantor to avoid forfeiture of future funds.
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To authorize the Board of Health to enter into contract with The Ohio State University to provide enhanced behavioral, demographic, and clinical information on gonorrhea cases reported to state and local health departments, for the period September 30, 2023 through September 29, 2024; to authorize the expenditure of $104,754.00 from the Health Department Grants Fund to pay the costs thereof; and to declare an emergency. ($104,754.00)
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WHEREAS, in order to ensure continued services ...
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