Explanation
This ordinance is to authorize the Executive Director of the Civil Service Commission to modify the current contract with Mount Carmel Health Providers, Inc. (Mount Carmel) by increasing the maximum authorized expenditure for pre-employment physicals and cardiovascular stress testing of public safety recruits in preparation for upcoming Police and Fire Academy classes.
The Civil Service Commission needs to request authority to modify and increase our current contract maximum authorized expenditure with Mount Carmel in order to add funds for upcoming medical screening services. The modification and increase is necessary as funding is added annually and/or prior to a scheduled academy class, based upon available academy positions identified as the year progresses, to avoid encumbering City funds prematurely or unnecessarily. For this fourth modification (three increases in maximum authorized expenditure and one to update exhibit A - 2738-2023) in 2023, we are requesting an increase of $100,000.00 to the current $310,000.00, previously authorized, for a new total contract appropriation of $410,000.00.
Since this is a professional services contract that has already been awarded through the regular Request for Proposals process (see below), the contract’s requirements cannot be awarded through other procurement processes. Pricing for the additional assessments is in accordance with bid pricing previously submitted by Mount Carmel for 2023-26 services.
Bid Information: In 2022, the City of Columbus Civil Service Commission published a Request for Proposals (RFQ023538) for these services and accepted proposals through December 2, 2022. Three proposals were submitted by the deadline. An evaluation committee reviewed these proposals in accordance with the criteria set forth in the RFQ and the Executive Director selected and executed a contract with the selected vendor, Mount Carmel Health Providers, Inc., via Ordinance 3084-2022 followed by a first mo...
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