Explanation
BACKGROUND: Columbus Public Health (CPH) operates the Ben Franklin Tuberculosis Clinic under a grant received from the Franklin County Board of Commissioners. CPH also operates a Sexual Health Clinic. Pharmacist and pharmacist tech services are necessary for these clinics to ensure compliance with the requirements of the Ohio State Board of Pharmacy. Needed services include: oversight of the storage, inventory, and ordering of stock medications; patient chart review and patient education; staff training and assisting the clinic physicians. A request for proposals for a three-year period was advertised via RFQ004216. This ordinance will award the first year of a three-year contract to Pharmacy People, Inc., for the contract period February 1, 2017 through January 31, 2018. The fee proposed for the first year contract term is $59.55 per hour for a pharmacist, and $25 per hour for a pharmacist tech. The contract compliance number for Pharmacy People is 311201354.
Emergency action is requested to ensure prompt payment for services provided by the contractor.
FISCAL IMPACT: Expenditures from this contract will be funded by the Health Department Grants Fund and the Health Special Revenue Fund. This ordinance is contingent on Ordinance No. 2863-2016.
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To authorize the Board of Health to enter into a contract with Pharmacy People, Inc. for the provision of pharmacist and pharmacist tech services for the Tuberculosis and the Sexual Health Clinics; to authorize the expenditure of $32,572.80 from the Health Department Grants Fund and the Health Special Revenue Fund to pay the cost thereof; and to declare an emergency. ($32,572.80)
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WHEREAS, Pharmacy People, Inc., has been awarded the first year of a three-year contract through the RFP process to provide on-site pharmacist and pharmacist tech services for the T.B. and Sexual Health Clinics; and,
WHEREAS, Pharmacy People, Inc. has provided quality services in the past; and,
WHEREA...
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