During the period between April 17, 2020 and September 30, 2021 C3 Transportation was contracted to support the transportation needs of the County’s ongoing COVID-19 response. C3 Transportation served as an asset to both the County’s Emergency Operations Center (EOC) and Contra Costa Health Services (CCHS) Department Operations Center (DOC) by providing scalable transportation solutions to community members and groups affected by COVID-19 and meeting patient transportation needs for Contra Costa Regional Medical Center (CCRMC). Throughout most of aforementioned term, C3 Transportation was covered by the County’s emergency blanket purchase order and generated weekly invoices associated with services rendered during that period.  
  
Due to administrative oversight, which resulted in not establishing a contract or purchase order after the County's emergency blanket purchase order expired on June 30, 2021, the vendor has not received payment for services rendered in good faith during the period July 19, 2021 through September 30, 2021. The Health Services Department has determined that C3 Transportation is entitled to payment for the reasonable value of services rendered under the equitable relief theory of quantum meruit. The theory provides that where a vendor has been asked to provide services without a valid purchase order, and the vendor does so to the benefit of the recipient, the vendor is entitled to recover the reasonable value of those services.  
  
The vendor and the department have ultimately decided to demobilize utilization of C3 Transportation at this time due to the inability of reaching an agreement on contract terms as of September 30, 2021.

If this board order is not approved, C3 Transportation will not be paid for services rendered in good faith associated with the County’s activation and response to COVID-19.