Explanation
The Board of Health has been awarded a grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for the Healthy Start Grant Program. Columbus Public Health has been designated as the primary grantee agency and administrator for the Healthy Start Grant Program in Franklin County. The grant funds awarded provide for a contract with ChallengerSoft database company to meet the various reporting requirements for the Healthy Start Grant Program in an amount not to exceed $77,500.00.
This ordinance waives relevant competitive bidding provisions of the Columbus City Code. The vendor listed above is included in the grant application because they provide specific services that are needed to meet grant deliverables.
Emergency action is requested in order to avoid any delays in providing program services to meet grant deliverables.
FISCAL IMPACT: The Healthy Start Grant Program is entirely funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. This program does not generate any revenue or require a City match. This Ordinance is contingent on the passage of Ordinance No. 1792-2016 that authorizes the acceptance and appropriation of $154,458.00 in additional grant monies for the 2015-2016 Healthy Start Grant Program.
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To authorize and direct the Board of Health to enter into a contract with ChallengerSoft for the Healthy Start Grant Program; to authorize the expenditure of $77,500.00 from the Health Department Grants Fund; to waive the provisions of the Columbus City Codes for competitive bidding; and to declare an emergency. ($77,500.00)
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WHEREAS, The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has designated the Columbus Health Department as primary grantee agency and fund administrator for the Healthy Start Grant Program in Franklin County; and
WHEREAS, ChallengerSoft will provide database services to meet all grant deliverables required by the Healthy Start Grant; and
WHEREAS, it is in the City’s best interest to waive provisions of Chapter 329 of City Code related to competitive bidding in order to enter into this contract; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Health Department in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Board of Health to enter into this contract for the immediate preservation of the public health, peace, property, safety and welfare and to avoid any delays in providing program services to meet grant deliverables; Now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Board of Health is hereby authorized and directed to enter into a contract with ChallengerSoft database company to meet various grant deliverables for the period of November 1, 2015 through October 31, 2016, in an amount not to exceed $77,500.00:
SECTION 2. That the expenditure of $77,5000.00 is hereby authorized from the Health Department, Division No. 5001 as follows:
Object
Class & Purpose Main Account Program Project No. Section 3 Sect. 4 Amount
03 -Contractual Services 63040 HE002 G501552 500107 HE12 $77,500.00
Total for Project No. G501552 $ 77,500.00
SECTION 3. That this Council finds that it is in the City’s best interest to waive the competitive bidding provisions of the Columbus City Code Chapter 329 to enter into this contract.
SECTION 4. That the funds necessary to carry out the purpose of this ordinance are hereby deemed appropriated, and the City Auditor shall establish such accounting codes as necessary.
SECTION 5. That for reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure and shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval by the Mayor, or ten days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.