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Recommendation to receive and file Purchase Order No. 22120778 with SLS Health Services, LLC, of Galveston, TX, to provide medical staff supplemental support for operation of the COVID-19 testing and vaccination sites for the Department of Health and Human Services, in the amount of $709,938, made pursuant to Chapters 2.69 and 2.85 of the Long Beach Municipal Code (LBMC) and in response to the proclaimed emergency due to the COVID-19 pandemic; and
Authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to award a contract, and any necessary documents including any necessary amendments, with SLS Health Services, LLC, of Galveston, TX, for providing medical surge staff to the City of Long Beach to supplement the operation of the COVID-19 testing and vaccination sites, in a total amount not to exceed $1,250,000, through April 30, 2022. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
On March 10, 2020, the City Council recognized that an emergency existed and unanimously passed a Resolution ratifying the City Manager’s Proclamation of Local Emergency and the Public Health Officer’s Declaration of Local Health Emergency due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Pursuant to LBMC Chapters 2.69 and 2.85, the City Manager has the authority to approve purchases of up to $1,000,000 for goods or services related to a proclaimed emergency.
The City of Long Beach (City) was receiving medical surge staff to supplement the operation of the COVID-19 testing and vaccination sites through a contract with the State of California (State) and SLS through August of 31, 2021, at which time this option was no longer afforded to the City. In order to continue these critical public health services at a time when vendor demand was extreme and capacity limited, SLS committed to provide these services directly to the City through the terms and conditions established in the purchase order No. 22120778 issued in accordance with the City’s established emergency purchasing authority.
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