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ARF- 2504

Consent Agenda Item 4. D.

Regular BOS Meeting

Meeting Date:	05/06/2014
Submitted For:	Paula Horn
Submitted By:	Paula Horn, Deputy Director of Prevention Services, Health & Emergency Services Division
Department:	Health & Emergency Management	Division:	Prevention Services
Fiscal Year:	2014	Budgeted?:	Yes
Contract Dates Begin & End:	07/01/14 through 06/30/19	Grant?:	Yes
Matching Requirement?:	No	Fund?:	Replacement

Information

Request/Subject

Offer and Acceptance of Solicitation No. ADHS14-00003830 with Arizona Department of Health Services.

Background Information

Gila County Division of Health and Emergency Services (GCHES) has been providing services for the High Risk Perinatal Program/Newborn Intensive Care Program Community Nursing since 1999. The current contract was signed by the Board on March 30, 2009, and will expire on June 30, 2014. The Request for Proposal was released and was received on April 2, 2014, and the solicitation due date is April 24, 2014, at 3:00 p.m.

Evaluation

The contract will replace the current contract number HP961245. If GCHES is selected based on its proposal, GCHES will continue to provide home visitation services. The objective of the program is to assist in the smooth transition of medically fragile Newborn Intensive Care Program (NICP) enrolled infants and their families from the NICU to home and to provide family centered, culturally, developmentally appropriate, and evidence-based coordinated home visiting services to these infants and other children/families identified with special health care needs. This care will include collaborating with the mothers on issues related to their own well being in an effort to improve their ability to meet the needs of the enrolled infants and decrease the likelihood of a poor birth outcome with subsequent pregnancies.

Conclusion

Without this funding, GCHES would be unable to provide home visitation services to those vulnerable infants and families.

Recommendation

It is the recommendation of the Director of Health and Emergency Services that the Board of Supervisors approve the Offer and Acceptance solicitation number ADHS14-00003830 for the period of July 1, 2014, through June 30, 2017, subject to an additional successive period of twelve months per extension with a maximum aggregate including all extensions not to exceed five years.

Suggested Motion

Ratification of the Chairman's signature on Offer and Acceptance-Solicitation No. ADHS14-00003830 and the Vice-Chairman's signature on Amendment Nos. 1 and 2 to Solicitation No. ADHS14-00003830, and the submission of those documents to the Arizona Department of Health Services by the Health and Emergency Services Division in order to provide continued Newborn Intensive Care Program services on a fee for service basis for the period July 1, 2014, through June 30, 2017.

Attachments
Offer and Acceptance
Solicitation Amendment No. 1
Solicitation Amendment No. 2
Table of Contents
Executive Summary
Method of Approach
Experience and Expertise
Attachment B #3
Attachment B #2
Attachment B #1
Attachment C
Unit Price Sheet
Solicitation Part 1
Solicitation Part 2
Solicitation Part 3
Solicitation Part 4
Solicitation Part 5
Legal Explanation