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Regular Agenda Item 4. F.
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| Regular BOS Meeting |
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| Information |
| Request/Subject |
| Authorization to Advertise Request for Proposals No. 072920 for Sub-Grantee for COVID-19 Incident Management Support. |
| Background Information |
| The Gila County Health and Emergency Management Department has been awarded a $1.6 million dollar Expanded Laboratory Capacity (ELC) grant from the Arizona Department of Health Services in order to complement, not duplicate, existing COVID-19 funding provided to our jurisdiction. Gila County will leverage, and build upon, our existing public health infrastructure that emphasizes the coordination and critical integration of disease investigation, epidemiology, contact tracing, and health information systems in order to maximize the public health impact of available resources. The primary goals will be to create a fully implemented, scalable, and sustainable, comprehensive disease investigation, detection, surveillance, and rapid response section to our Health Emergency Operations Center (HEOC). |
| Evaluation |
| In order to accomplish these deliverables the Gila County Public Health and Emergency Management Department is seeking to find a consultant that can assist with the Department's long-term response to the current COVID-19 pandemic. The consultant will fill multiple full-time, in-person, on scene, COVID-19 incident support positions to include: Incident Command, Logistics, and Supply Chain, and Public information dissemination. Additionally, a heavy focus will be on the planning, development, and implementation of mass vaccinations and a long-term focus on recovery efforts, after-action reporting, and best practice implementation to prepare for future incidents. This project will be funded through February of 2022 and will involve all aspects of the department's current and future response. |
| Conclusion |
,Staff's response to COVID-19 is trending to be a long-term event that will require extended staffing of many positions in the Incident Command Structure (ICS) that are not typically funded. Additionally, the staff has the upcoming challenge to hopefully plan mass vaccinations of all Gila County residents when and if a COVID-19 vaccination is approved for distribution. In order to meet the deliverables of the new Expanded Lab Capacity Funding, and continue staff's current public health prevention work, staff is seeking to find a consultant that can assist with the long-term response to the current COVID-19 pandemic.
Upon approval from the Board of Supervisors, the advertisement for Request for Proposals No. 072920 Consultation Services: Sub-grantee for COVID-19 Incident Management Support will advertise in the Payson Roundup on August 25, 2020, and September 1, 2020, with a due date of September 15, 2020. |
| Recommendation |
| It is the recommendation of the Finance Director and the Health & Emergency Management Department Director that the Board of Supervisors authorize the advertisement of Request for Proposals No. 072920 Consultation Services: Sub-grantee for COVID-19 Incident Management. |
| Suggested Motion |
Information/Discussion/Action to authorize the advertisement of Request for Proposals No. 072920- Consultation Services: Sub-grantee for COVID-19 Incident Management Support. (Michael O'Driscoll)
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