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Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to amend Contract No. 35900 with Office Furniture Group, LLC, of Irvine, CA, to purchase, deliver, and install office furniture, to increase the contract amount by $300,000, for a revised contract amount not to exceed $1,055,380, and extend the term through September 30, 2023. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
City Council approval is requested to amend Contract No. 35900 with Office Furniture Group, LLC (OFG), to purchase, delivery and install office furniture as part of the reorganization of the Community Health Bureau within the Health and Human Services Department (Health Department).
On October 12, 2021, the City Council awarded a contract to Office Furniture Group, LLC, a Teknion, LLC, authorized distributor through the Sourcewell Cooperative, of which the City of Long Beach (City) is a registered member, for office furnishings and related supplies and equipment, from May 18, 2021 to September 30, 2022.
Additionally, the City Council approved amendment to Contract No. 35900, to continue the reorganization of the new Communicable Disease and Emergency Response (CDER) Bureau within the Department of Health and Human Services (Health Department), by adding reconfigurations of space at 2525 Grand Avenue (Main Health Building) to the original scope of work, which is in its entirety funded by grant resources.
Since 1974, the Health Department has operated the WIC Supplemental Nutrition Program for low-income families through a contract with the California Department of Public Health (CDPH). This program provides nutrition education through in-group and individual counseling sessions, supplemental food vouchers, breastfeeding support, and health and social services referrals to eligible participants throughout the City. The contract with OFG will be used to reconfigure office workspace to provide improved work areas for City staff to continue to serve the community.
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