RECOMMENDATION(S):
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Employment and Human Services Director, or designee, to execute a contract with Phamatech, Incorporated in an amount not to exceed $250,000 for Child Welfare Mandated Drug Testing services for the period July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2020.
FISCAL IMPACT:
This contract will result in expenditures of up to $250,000 and will be funded 30% by County General Funds and 70% by State 2011 Child Welfare Services Outcome Improvement Project-Realignment funds.
BACKGROUND:
This contract was awarded January 23, 2019 through a competitive bid process, Request For Proposals (RFP) 1164. Random drug tests are court-ordered services and are ordered as part of the client service plan. Laboratory results are submitted for inclusion in the Child Welfare Family Maintenance and Reunification cases. Services include insuring the availability of specimen collection sites, screening test specimens, providing "on-demand" sample testing when requested by the County's Employment and Human Services Department, and providing monthly statistics to the Department for clients referred for drug testing.
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