Explanation
BACKGROUND: The Office of the Mayor,CelebrateOne has been awarded a grant from the Ohio Department of Medicaid in partnership with Ohio's Five Managed Care Plans. CelebrateOne has been designated as the primary grantee agency and administrator for the Enhanced Maternal Health Program. The grant funds awarded provide for multiple contracts in the amount not to exceed $1,642,228.00 among the contracts.
The contracts named in the approved grant application are:
Primary One Health Centers operating Centering Pregnancy $169,041.00
Nationwide Childrens Hospital operating the Nurse Family Partnership Home Visiting program $636,548.00
Physicians Care Connection operating Step One $215,039.00
Ohio State University operating MOMS2B $621,600.00
This ordinance waives relevant competitive bidding provisions of the Columbus City Code. The vendors listed above were included in the grant application because of the specific services they can provide in order to meet the deliverables.
FISCAL IMPACT: The Enhanced Maternal Health Program is entirely funded by the Ohio Department of Medicaid. This program does not generate any revenue or require a City match. This ordinance is contingent on Ordinance No. 0859-2018 which authorizes the acceptance and appropriation of $1,642,228.00 for these contracts related to this project.
Emergency Action: Emergency action is requested so that the grant funds may be available at the earliest opportunity upon approval of contracts.
Title
To authorize the Office of the Mayor to enter into various contracts for the Enhanced Maternal Health Program; to authorize the expenditure of $1,642,228.00 from the General Government Grants Fund 2220; to waive the competitive bidding provisions of the Columbus City Code Chapter 329; and to declare an emergency. ($1,642,228.00)
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WHEREAS, The Ohio Department of Medicaid has designated the Office of the Mayor as primary grantee agency and fund administrator for the Enhanced Maternal Health Program; and
WHEREAS, Primary One Health, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Physicians Care Connection and MOMS2B will provide various services to meet all the grant deliverables required by the Ohio Department of Medicaid grant; and
WHEREAS, it is in the City’s best interest to waive the competitive bidding provisions of Columbus City Code Chapter 329 in order to enter into these contracts; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Office of the Mayor in that it is immediately necessary to enter into these contracts for the immediate preservation of the public health, peace, property, safety and welfare; now, therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Office of the Mayor is hereby authorized to enter into contracts with the following agencies in order to meet the grant deliverables of the Enhanced Maternal Health Program for the period of April 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019 in an amount not to exceed $1,642,228.00:
Primary One Health $169,041.00
Nationwide Childrens Hospital $636,548.00
Physicians Care Connection - Step One $215,039.00
OSU-MOMS2B $621,600.00
Total: $1,642,228.00
SECTION 2. That for the contracts stated above, the sum of $1,642,228.00 is hereby authorize to be expended from the General Government Grants Fund, Fund No. 2220 as per the attached accounting document.
SECTION 3. That this Council finds that it is in the best interest of the City to waive the competitive bidding provisions of the Columbus City Code Chapter 329 to enter into these contracts.
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 the City Auditor is authorized to make any accounting changes to revise the funding source for all contracts or contract modifications associated with this ordinance and to make any accounting changes necessary to ensure that these contracts are properly accounted for and recorded accurately on the City’s financial records.
SECTION 6. 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.