Explanation
BACKGROUND: This ordinance authorizes the Director of the Department of Public Safety, Division of Fire, to enter into a contract with Emergency Networking, who provides application programming services associated with the City’s Rapid Response Emergency Addiction Crisis Team (RREACT). Emergency Networking (EN) is a digital software company that builds platforms for first responder and community paramedic needs. Emergency Networking (EN) designed and developed a program-tailored Client Management System (CMS) for RREACT to collect highly detailed data and perform aggregate data analysis. RREACT is an innovative outreach service operated by the Division of Fire to actively address the opioid crisis in Columbus. RREACT outreach includes firefighters/paramedics, Crisis Intervention Team certified peace officers, a substance use case manager, a registered nurse, a family case manager, and a trauma specialist. .
FISCAL IMPACT: This ordinance authorizes the Department of Public Safety on behalf of the Division of Fire to enter into a contract for application programming services for RREACT Case Management in the amount of $60,000.00, of which $25,000.00 will be paid from the Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Abuse Site-based Program (COSSAP) Grant Project G342100, and $35,000.00 from Grant Project G342000 United States Centers for Disease Control Overdose Data to Action. RREACT contracts with EN to provide technical support and program coding for new features and software integrations to enhance data collection practices and expand data evaluation capacity. A total of $53,700.00 has been expended with Emergency Networking since 2019 for grant related programming services.
Bid Waiver Justification: The Division of Fire has successfully implemented specialized application programming in contracting with Emergency Networking and does not seek an alternative solution at this time. The applications created and maintained by Emergency ...
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