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Recommendation to adopt resolution authorizing City Manager, or designee, to execute a contract, and any necessary documents including any necessary subsequent amendments, with CT Coachworks, LLC, of Riverside, CA, for the purchase of a mobile command unit, in a total amount not to exceed $377,124, including taxes and fees. (Citywide)
Levine Act: Yes
DISCUSSION
City Council approval is requested to enter into a contract with CT Coachworks, LLC (Coachworks), for the purchase of a mobile command unit, a 2023 Ford F-53 truck, including all needed equipment, cabinets, and other accessories. The proposed unit will be utilized by the Department of Health and Human Services, Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Homeless Mobile Team for the HIV Testing and Services (HTS) program. The cost for the mobile command unit will be covered by the State of California Department of Public Health (CDPH) Workforce grant for public health workforce and infrastructure, award number FoPH-020. The grant award was previously approved by the City Council on October 18, 2022.
The HIV and Homeless Mobile Team reduces barriers to HIV/STI testing by meeting hard-to-reach populations and linking patients to other medical care and support services that include supporting the Homelessness Initiative. The HTS program began in 1985 and was expanded to provide HIV screening on a mobile testing unit in 1995. In 2019, the program was further expanded to provide both HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STI) testing and treatment through its mobile unit.
The Fleet Services Bureau in the Department of Financial Management contacted several vendors and Coachworks is the only vendor that can produce the mobile unit to specifications in time to meet grant expenditure deadlines which require completion and delivery of the specialized mobile clinic unit by May 15, 2024. Place-based HIV/STI testing and treatment through the mobile team offers flexibility in both location and time, thus al...
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