Explanation
BACKGROUND: Contract Nos. EL006757 and EL007168 authorized the expenditure of $114,000 to Grant/ Riverside Methodist Hospitals (Ohio Health Corporation) to provide laboratory testing services for various Health Department programs. There has been an increase in demand for these services and additional funds are needed to allow for continued services. Changes to the current contract will be in Compensation. The cost of the modification for these additional services will not exceed $75,000 for a total contract cost of $189,000.
Grant/Riverside's Contract Compliance number is 314394942. Grant/Riverside (Ohio Health Corporation) is a nonprofit organization and is therefore exempt from certification.
Emergency action is requested in order to avoid a delay in providing client services.
FISCAL IMPACT: Funding for this contract modification is budgeted in the 2007 Health Special Revenue Fund and the Health Department Grants Fund.
Title
To authorize the Board of Health to modify and increase a contract with Grant/Riverside Methodist Hospitals (Ohio Health Corporation) to provide laboratory testing services for various Health Department programs, to authorize the expenditure of $75,000 from the Health Special Revenue Fund and the Health Department Grants Fund to pay the cost thereof, and to declare an emergency. ($75,000)
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WHEREAS, Contract Nos. EL006757 and EL007168 authorized the expenditure of $114,000 to Grant/Riverside Methodist Hospitals (Ohio Health Corporation) to provide laboratory testing services for various Health Department programs; and,
WHEREAS, additional work is needed to continue these services through December 31, 2007; and,
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Health Department in that it is immediately necessary to modify and increase said contract with Grant/Riverside Methodist Hospitals (Ohio Health Corporation) for the immediate preservation of the public health, ...
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