Explanation
BACKGROUND: Columbus Public Health operates the Ben Franklin Tuberculosis Clinic under a grant awarded from the Franklin County Board of Commissioners. In order to effectively manage patients with latent and active Tuberculosis, it is necessary to provide specialized physician services. Ordinance No. 0122-2017 authorized the Board of Health to enter into a contract with the Ohio State University, Wexner Medical Center, for physician services for the Ben Franklin Tuberculosis Clinic, for the period of March 1, 2017, through February 28, 2018 in the amount of $31,000.00.
This ordinance is needed to modify and increase contract PO063962 for additional physician services in the amount of $8,000.00, for a total contract amount of $39,000.00, and is for the period through February 28, 2018. These services were advertised through vendor services (SA005778) in February, 2015 according to bidding requirements of the City Code. This is the final year of the three-year bid contract. Therefore, it was deemed impractical to solicit bids to procure these services. Physicians are spending more hours managing patients with latent and active Tuberculosis than was anticipated when the contract was entered into this year. The modification amount was determined based on negotiations with the vendor and data from the previous year. The hourly reimbursement rate will remain the same.
The contractor's contract compliance number is 31-6025986; however, this contractor is a political subdivision of the State of Ohio and is exempt from certification. Emergency action is requested in order to provide continued specialized physician services for patients of the Tuberculosis (TB) Clinic.
FISCAL IMPACT: Funds are budgeted in the Health Department Grants Fund for physician services for the TB Clinic. Franklin County will reimburse all expenses under this contract modification.
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To authorize the Board of Health to modify a contract with the Ohio State Univ...
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