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Recommendation to receive and file Amendment No. 4 to Contract No. 35750 with Healthvana Inc., of Los Angeles, CA, to provide COVID-19 test patient results reporting services, extending the contract period to February 28, 2023, 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 amend Contract No. 35750 with Healthvana, Inc., of Los Angeles, CA, to provide COVID-19 test patient results reporting services, to extend the term of the contract date through May 11, 2023, to align with the end of the Federal Public Health Emergency Declaration for COVID-19. (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.
On August 4, 2020, the City Council awarded a contract to Healthvana, Inc., as part of its adoption of Resolution RES-20-0092 to provide COVID-19 test patient results reporting services, for a period of one year, with an option to renew for two additional one-year periods. Both renewal options have been exercised, extending the contract through February 28, 2023. City Council action is requested to extend the contract through May 11, 2023, to coincide with the end of the Federal Public Health Emergency Declaration.
The City of Long Beach (City) continues to see a consistent demand for testing at the City-run testing sites, and a contract extension is requested to continue through May 11, 2023. COVID-19 testing is currently available to the public at testing locations...
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