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HEALTH SERVICES AGENCY / PUBLIC HEALTH - Executive Director Jayme Bottke
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Requested Action(s)
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a) Request authorization for the Purchasing Department to sign the revised purchase order for the acquisition of one Mobile Community Outreach Clinic for the Health Services Agency in the amount of $439.796
b) Request authorization for the Purchasing Department to issue a purchase order for the California Sales & Use Tax for the registration of the Mobile Community Outreach Clinic in the amount of $32,985
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Financial Impact:
The funds for this purchase are allocated in the Public Health Budget Unit 40121, in Fixed Assets Vehicles (57605). These funds have been approved by the California Department of Public Health (CDPH), Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity (ELC) Expansion Program. These are State COVID-19 relief funds.
Background Information:
On 5/26/2022, the Board of Supervisors authorized the Purchasing Department to issue a Purchase Order for the acquisition of one Mobile Community Outreach Clinic in the amount of $440,915.55. The project was quoted back in February of 2022, and the clinic had a projected date of completion of May 1, 2024, but unfortunately production has been delayed. The delays have been caused by supply chain issues which has caused long lead time for materials. The long lead times and inflation has caused the price of materials to increase and has raised the overall price of the Mobile Clinic.
As of April 2023, the state of Ohio, where the Mobile Clinic is being assembled, is no longer required to collect State Use Tax (SUT) from government clients. However, the state of California (CA) will require SUT be paid at the time the vehicle title is registered, which is why the department is requesting that the CA SUT charges be issued on a separate purchase order.
The purchase of the Mobile Clinic is to help build the Health Services Agency's capacity to deploy a mobile testing/mitigation team to bring vaccina...
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