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Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to amend Contract No. 35750 with Healthvana, Inc., of Los Angeles, CA, to provide COVID-19 test patient results reporting services, to increase the annual contract amount by $604,800, with a contingency amount of $300,000, for a total annual revised contract authority not to exceed $1,800,000. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
City Council approval is requested to amend Contract No. 35750 with Healthvana, Inc., to provide COVID-19 test patient results reporting services for City COVID-19 testing sites operated by the Department of Health and Human Services (Health Department), for a revised total annual contract authority not to exceed $1,800,000, inclusive of contingency.
On August 4, 2020, the City Council adopted Resolution RES-20-0092 authorizing the execution of a contract with Healthvana, Inc., for an annual contract amount of $364,800, with a contingency of $530,400. The initial term of the contract was through January 31, 2021, and the first renewal option has been exercised to extend the contract through January 21, 2022. Testing volume has significantly increased since the contract was originally awarded, and additional purchasing authority is requested as demand is expected to exceed the current annual amount, assuming 1,500 patient tests a day are completed.
This matter was reviewed by Deputy City Attorney Taylor M. Anderson on February 11, 2021, Business Services Bureau Manager Tara Yeats on February 9, 2021, and by Revenue Management Officer Geraldine Alejo on February 22, 2021.
EQUITY STATEMENT
Diagnostic testing in Long Beach is available to anyone with symptoms of COVID-19. Patients are not required to have health insurance or submit a copayment to be tested at a City test site. Testing is available at multiple locations across the City, including in communities of color disproportionately affected by the effects of COVID-19, to ensure equitable access to ...
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