Explanation
BACKGROUND: The Office of the Mayor has been awarded a grant from the Ohio Department of Medicaid, in partnership with the State’s Managed Care Plans. CelebrateOne has been designated as the primary grantee organization and administrator for this grant. The grant award will support multiple contracts in the amount not to exceed $2,873,128.07.
The contracts named in the approved grant application include:
Black Lactation Circle $17,714.00
The Center for Healthy Families $81,964.19
Heart of Ohio Family Health Centers $209,968.79
Men for the Movement $78,575.00
Moms2B $702,635.82
Nationwide Children’s Hospital $561,427.50
OhioHealth $127,713.92
Physicians CareConnection $415,000.00
PrimaryOne Health $78,772.71
Restoring Our Own Through Transformation $357,202.50
YMCA of Central Ohio $242,153.64
Total: $2,873,128.07
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 to fulfill deliverables.
EMERGENCY ACTION: This ordinance is submitted as an emergency as to not delay program services and to allow the financial transactions to be posted to the City’s accounting system as soon as possible
FISCAL IMPACT: The coordination of maternal health programs in Franklin County is funded entirely 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. 3162-2019, which authorizes the acceptance and appropriation of $2,873,128.07 in Ohio Department of Medicaid grant monies to fund the coordination of maternal health programs in Franklin County.
Title
To authorize the Office of the Mayor to enter into several maternal health program contracts; to authorize the expenditure of $2,873,128.07 from the General Government Grants Fund 2220; to waive the competitive bidding pro...
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