Explanation
BACKGROUND: The Board of Health contracts laboratory services from Labcorp of America Holdings. This contract provides laboratory testing of medical specimens for the Women’s Health and Family Planning Clinic (WHFPC) at Columbus Public Health.
This ordinance authorizes the Board of Health to modify an existing contract with Labcorp of America Holdings for additional laboratory testing services for the CPH Women’s Health and Family Planning Clinic (WHFPC) for the period of April 1, 2017 through August 31, 2018 in an amount not to exceed $12,000.00, for a new total contract amount of $30,000.00.
Emergency action is requested in order to provide continued lab testing services for the CPH WHFPC.
FISCAL IMPACT: Funding for this expenditure is budgeted in the Health Department Grants Fund. This ordinance is contingent on Ordinance No. 0821-2018.
Title
To authorize and direct the Board of Health to modify an existing contract with Labcorp of America Holdings for the provision of additional lab testing services for the CPH Women's Health and Family Planning Clinic (WHFPC) for the period of April 1, 2017 through August 31, 2018; to authorize the expenditure of $12,000.00 from the Health Department Grants Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($12,000.00)
Body
WHEREAS, the Board of Health has a need to modify an existing contract with Labcorp of America Holdings to provide additional lab testing services for the Women’s Health and Family Planning Clinic (WHFPC) for the period of April 1, 2017 through August 31, 2018; and
WHEREAS, Labcorp of America Holdings has the expertise to provide lab testing services to patients in the Women’s Health and Family Planning Clinic (WHFPC); and
WHEREAS, it has become necessary in the usual daily operation of the Board of Health to authorize the Board to modify an existing contract with Labcorp of America Holdings for the public health, safety and welfare;
WHEREAS, this ordinance is submitted as an emerge...
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