Explanation
BACKGROUND: 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 multiple contracts to meet various grant deliverables in an amount not to exceed $316,750.00 among the contracts.
The contracts named in the approved grant application are:
Mt. Carmel 31-1113966 $130,000.00
Decision Support Services Inc. 31-1414027 $ 41,750.00
Ohio Health 31-4394942 $130,000.00
Moms 2 Be 31-6025986 $ 15,000.00
TOTAL: $316,750.00
This ordinance waives the relevant competitive bidding provisions of the Columbus City Code. The vendors listed above were included in the grant application because they all 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. 2804-2017 that authorizes the acceptance and appropriation of $1,080,000.00 for the 2017-2018 Healthy Start Grant Program.
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To authorize and direct the Board of Health to enter into various contracts for the Healthy Start Grant Program; to authorize the expenditure of $316,750.00 from the Health Department Grants Fund; to waive the provisions of the Columbus City Codes for competitive bidding; and to declare an emergency. ($316,750.00)
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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...
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