Agenda

Return

C. 64

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Date:	January 19, 2021

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Contract #23-667-1 with Jorge Pena (dba Jorge Pena Consulting)

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 01/19/2021

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Diane Burgis, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:	Patrick Wilson, 925-335-8777
cc:	F Carroll M Wilhelm

I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: January 19, 2021
,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Health Services Director, or designee, to execute on behalf of the County Contract #23-667-1 with Jorge Pena (dba Jorge Pena Consulting), an individual, in an amount not to exceed $939,908, to provide consultation, system planning, and project management for County’s Health Services Department’s Information Technology Unit, for the period January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2023.

FISCAL IMPACT:

This contract will result in contractual expenditures of up to $939,908 over a 3-year period and will be funded 100% by Hospital Enterprise Fund I revenues.

BACKGROUND:

On January 21, 2020, the Board of Supervisors approved contract #23-667 with Jorge Pena (dba Jorge Pena Consulting), in the amount of $320,000 for the provision of consultation, technical support, training, system planning, and project management regarding the Department’s information systems, including the Behavioral Health billing system and Contra Costa Health Plan’s Utilization Review and Hospital billing system for the period January 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020.

BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)

This contractor provides integral expertise to the Behavioral Health Services Information Technology team, bringing in depth knowledge of the Behavioral Health processes including the legacy system as well as the current system being used by Behavioral Health.

Approval of Contract #23-667-1 will allow the contractor to continue to provide consultation and technical support to the County’s Health Services Department’s Information Technology Unit through December 31, 2023.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

If this contract is not approved, the County will not have access to the contractor’s expertise in data analytics consulting and technical assistance needed to support the Health Services Department’s Information Technology Unit.