Explanation
BACKGROUND: This ordinance authorizes the Board of Health to modify existing contracts with the following qualified vendors: Aids Healthcare Foundation and Equitas Health. The contract terms for all modifications included in this ordinance are from June 1, 2024, through July 31, 2024. The contract modifications described below are needed to provide additional services following a second grant reallocation and extension of the HIV Prevention Grant Program, these services are already being provided by the subrecipient's included in this ordinance and due to time constraints of the grant cycle these the contracts are being modified to fit needs of the program . The Price point for services are estimated via a client count, staff estimates and various other methods that are included in the subrecipients approved budgets. Aids Healthcare Foundation and Equitas Health are not for profit agencies and are exempt from bidding according to bidding requirements of the City Code 329.30.
AIDS Healthcare Foundation (CC-010938): contract increased by $3,983.00, for a new total amount not to exceed $53,983.00.
Equitas Health (CC-004721): contract increased by $6,896.70, for a new total amount not to exceed $56,896.70.
Total contract modification amounts: $10,879.70
The HIV Prevention Grant program enables Columbus Public Health to provide culturally and linguistically appropriate HIV counseling and testing/referral; partner counseling; and health education/risk reduction behavior modification programs. Services are provided to residents of Columbus and Franklin County, with special emphasis on men who have sex with men, individuals with high-risk sexual contact, youth, and injection drug/substance users.
This ordinance is submitted as an emergency in order to ensure that quality HIV Prevention services continue to be available to eligible clients, to ensure timely payment to providers, and for the vendors included in this ordinance to able to continue offering H...
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