Explanation
BACKGROUND: The Health Department provides laboratory testing of medical specimens generated by various programs within the Health Department. A "Request for Proposals for Reference Laboratory Services" for a three-year period was sent out in 2004, and Grant/Riverside Methodist Hospitals was awarded a contract. This ordinance will authorize funding for the period of February 1, 2007 through January 31, 2008 (3rd year of 3-year contract). Emergency action is requested to ensure continued testing services for Health Department patients. The Contract Compliance number is 314394942. Grant/Riverside is a nonprofit organization and is therefore exempt from certification.
Ten RFP's for Reference Lab Services were sent to various labs, and 5 proposals were received. The estimated annual costs of the proposals received are as follows:
Grant/Riverside Labs $111,390
LabCorp $126,226
University Reference Labs $127,050
Porter Labs $153,714
Mount Carmel $229,404
FISCAL IMPACT: $114,000 is budgeted in the 2007 Health Special Revenue Fund to provide funding for this contract.
Title
To authorize the Board of Health to enter into a contract with Grant/Riverside Methodist Hospitals to provide laboratory testing services for various Health Department programs; to authorize the expenditure of $114,000 from the Health Special Revenue Fund to pay the costs thereof; and to declare an emergency. ($114,000)
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WHEREAS, proposals were formally submitted through the RFP process for laboratory testing services for various programs of the Health Department; and,
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Health Department in that it is immediately necessary to enter into a contract with Grant/Riverside Methodist Hospitals for the immediate preservation of the public health, peace, property, safety and welfare, and to ensure continued testing services; Now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE...
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