Explanation
BACKGROUND: The Board of Health contracts laboratory services from Labcorp of America Holdings. This contract provides laboratory testing of medical specimens for the Ben Franklin Tuberculosis Clinic (TB) 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 TB Clinic for the period of January 1, 2019 through December 31, 2019 in an amount not to exceed $7,000.00, for a new total contract amount of $22,000.00.
Emergency action is requested in order to provide continued lab testing services for the CPH TB Clinic.
FISCAL IMPACT: Funding for this expenditure is budgeted in the Health Department Grants Fund.
Title
To authorize the Board of Health to modify an existing contract with Labcorp of America Holdings for the provision of additional lab testing services for the Columbus Public Health Ben Franklin Tuberculosis Clinic for the period of January 1, 2019 through December 31, 2019; to authorize the expenditure of $7,000.00 from the Health Department Grants Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($7,000.00)
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 CPH TB Clinic for the period of January 1, 2019 through December 31, 2019; and
WHEREAS, Labcorp of America Holdings has the expertise to provide lab testing services to patients in the CPH TB Clinic; and
WHEREAS, this ordinance is submitted as an emergency in order to ensure continuity of services for clients of CPH TB Clinic; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of Columbus Public Health in that it is immediately necessary to modify a contract with Labcorp of America Holdings for lab testing services for the CPH TB Clinic for the immediate preservation of the public health, peace, property, safety and welfare; Now...
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