Title
COVID-19 Community and Mobile Testing and Vaccination Health Events - Amendments (Ordinance S-47827)
Description
Request to authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to execute amendments to Agreements: 152654 with Family Tree Healthcare, L.L.C.; and 152430 with Equality Health Foundation, Sonora Quest Laboratories, LLC and Equality Care Center, to add COVID-19 vaccination services. Further request to authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to execute amendments to Agreements: 152825 with Vincere Physicians Group PLLC; 152654 with Family Tree Healthcare L.L.C.; 153733 with Premier Lab Solutions; and 152430 with Equality Health Foundation, Sonora Quest Laboratories, LLC, and Equality Care Center, to add additional funding and time to the agreements. Additionally request to authorize the City Treasurer to accept, and City Controller to disburse, all funds related to this item. The additional aggregate agreements' value included in this amendment will not exceed $2.5 million. Funding is available through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) from the federal government and is under the City's Better Health Outcomes and Community Testing and Vaccines category of the strategic plan.
Report
Summary
The City Council declared a local emergency due to the COVID-19 pandemic on March 20, 2020. Staff continues to work with COVID-19 testing vendors to ensure that community testing and vaccination efforts for residents are available through the duration of the public health emergency. The Public Works Department is seeking to expand and extend COVID-19 testing and vaccination service capability to the general public at community testing health care events.
Staff will return to discuss future vaccine and testing efforts in early fall.
Contract Term
The revised agreements will begin on or about July 1, 2021, for a six-month period, with one option to extend for an additional six months.
Financial Impact
This additional funding authorized by this amendment will not exceed an aggregate value of $2.5 million.
Funding is available through ARPA from the federal government and is under the City's Better Health Outcomes and Community Testing and Vaccines category of the strategic plan.
Concurrence/Previous Council Action
The City Council approved:
- Agreement 152430 (S-46775) with Equality Health Foundation on June 17, 2020;
- Agreement 152654 (S-46848) with Family Tree Healthcare L.L.C. on July 1, 2020;
- Agreement 152825 (S-46849) with Vincere Physicians Group on July 1, 2020;
- Agreements: 152430 with Equality Health Foundation, Sonora Quest Laboratories, LLC, and Equality Care Center; 152654 with Family Tree Healthcare L.L.C; and 152825 with Vincere Physicians Group - Amendments (S-47158) on Dec. 2, 2020;
- Agreement 153733 with Premier Lab Solutions (S-47219) on Jan. 6, 2021; and
- The American Rescue Plan Strategic Plan for Allocation 1 on June 8, 2021.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Assistant City Manager Jeff Barton, Deputy City Managers Karen Peters and Inger Erickson, and the Public Works and Parks and Recreation departments.