Explanation
BACKGROUND:
This ordinance authorizes the Board of Health to enter into and, if needed, modify contracts with the following vendors: Aids Healthcare Foundation, Equitas Health, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Central Outreach Wellness Center, and The Ohio State University to provide Ending the HIV Epidemic related services, referenced in Ordinance 0441-2024.
These services execute and promote medical and support services to any persons living with HIV. Key strategies of Ending the HIV Epidemic grant program are: Diagnose, Treat, Prevent, and Respond and have allowable service categories as defined by the Health Resources and Services Administration HIV/AIDS Bureau. The purpose of the grant program is to focus resources in jurisdictions with substantial HIV burden to implement strategies, interventions, approaches, core medical and support services to reduce new HIV infections in the United States. The overarching goal for this initiative is to reduce new HIV infections in the United States to less than 3,000 per year by 2030.
To assist in implementing the key grant initiatives, contracts will be executed with qualified vendors. The term of the contract with each qualified vendor is March 1, 2024, through February 28, 2025, with funding based on vendor estimates of annual funding requirements for allowable services. These services encompassing Ryan White Part A and Ending the HIV Epidemic were advertised through vendor services with RFQ023101 on October 10, 2022, according to bidding requirements of the City Code. This RFQ covers a 60-month grant period, March 1, 2023 to February 28, 2028 annual contracts will be issued.
AIDS Healthcare Foundation CC-010938: $74,186.50
Equitas Health CC-004721: $130,441.00
The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital CC-006172: $21,507.25
Central Outreach Wellness Center CC-043135:$50,000.00
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center CC-006163: $52,083.25
TOTAL CONTR...
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