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BACKGROUND: Columbus Public Health (CPH) provides HIV/AIDS testing for patients of the STD Clinic. Columbus Public Health intends to use ARCHITECT HIV Ag/Ab combo assay testing equipment and supplies to allow for rapid HIV screening that provides HIV diagnosis sooner than prior tests. It is highly accurate and provides results in 29 minutes. The Center for Disease Control (CDC) recommends the 4th generation assay tests to better ensure all patients receive their same-day results. Abbott Laboratories, Inc. is the sole manufacturer/distributor of these rapid combo assay HIV tests in the U.S.A. This ordinance authorizes the purchase of these tests in an amount not to exceed $122,784.51.
CPH clinics serve clients in the Central Ohio area and offered free HIV screenings to over 10,000 individuals resulting in about a 0.5% positivity rate in 2016.
Emergency action is requested to ensure an immediate transition to 4th generation HIV testing for patients and to avoid any delay in utilizing grant funding before the end of the grant fiscal year ending February 28, 2018.
The contract compliance number for Abbott Laboratories, Inc., is CC023644, and expires 10/18/19.
FISCAL IMPACT: Funding for this purchase is budgeted in the 2017 Health Department Grants Fund, Ryan White Part A HIV Care grant and requires no city match. ($122,784.51) In order to properly align appropriations for the purchase of equipment, it is necessary to transfer $72,050.00 from 02 supplies to 06 capital outlays.
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To authorize the Director of Finance and Management to establish a purchase order with Abbott Technologies, Inc. for the purchase of ARCHITECT HIV Ag/Ab combo assay equipment and testing supplies for Columbus Public Health in accordance with the sole source provisions of Columbus City Code; to authorize the expenditure of $122,784.51 from Health Department Grants Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($122,784.51)
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WHEREAS, Columbus Public Health p...
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