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C. 76

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Date:	July 12, 2022

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Contract #23-708-3 with LifeLong Medical Care

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 07/12/2022

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:	Anna Roth, 925-957-5403
cc:	Noel Garcia Marcy 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: July 12, 2022
Monica Nino, County Administrator

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Health Services Director, or designee, to execute on behalf of the County Contract #23-708-3 with Lifelong Medical Care, a non-profit corporation, in an amount not to exceed $800,000, to provide COVID-19 testing and vaccination support services in underserved areas of the County for the period July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023.

FISCAL IMPACT:

Approval of this contract will result in annual expenditures of up to $800,000 and will be funded as budgeted by the department in FY 2022-23, by 100% American Rescue Plan Act Funds. (Rate increase)

BACKGROUND:

On March 10, 2020, the Board of Supervisors requested that the Governor proclaim a State of Emergency in Contra Costa County (Gov. Code Section 8625) due to COVID-19. This contractor provides testing and vaccination services including two to three drive/walk-through sites at LifeLong William Jenkins Health Center, LifeLong Brookside San Pablo Health Center, and LifeLong Pinole Health Center, for patients and community members who are uninsured, and a portable testing program that will identify several consistent weekly locations to effectively reach populations typically lacking access to testing and vaccination services. In addition to site expansion, the contractor added Point of Care (POC) test capability at all current and proposed testing and vaccination locations. Services at all testing and vaccination sites include COVID-19 POC and polymerase chain reaction (PCR), or nasal swab, testing and communication of results, education, outreach and linkage to community resources and insurance coverage for high risk, under-represented communities including the Medi-Cal patients, uninsured individuals and the general public. To expedite access to expanded testing services with timely results (24-48 hours), this contractor will continue its partnership with the UC Berkeley’s Innovative Genomics Institute (IGI) for lab services (test kits, results, and platform). This Contractor has been providing these COVID-19 support services since January 2021.

On March 23, 2021, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract #23-708 with LifeLong Medical Care, in an amount not to exceed $1,559,142, for the provision of COVID-19 testing and vaccination support services for underserved areas of the county, for the period January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2021.

On December 14, 2021, the Board of Supervisors approved County Contract Extension Agreement #23-708-1 with LifeLong Medical Care, to extend the termination date from December 31, 2021 to June 30, 2022 with no change in the original payment limit of $1,559,142, to continue to provide COVID-19 testing and vaccination support in underserved areas of the County.

In May 2022, the County Administrator approved, and executed Administrative Amendment Agreement #23-708-2 with LifeLong Medical Care, effective August 1, 2021, to amend the contract so that necessary technical adjustments could be made to the payment provisions with no change to the original payment limit or term of the contract through June 30, 2022. The original contract included wording for a 2nd vaccine dose, however, the contract needed to say “per subsequent dose” to include the 3rd booster vaccine.

Approval of Contract #23-708-3 will allow the contractor to continue providing COVID-19 testing and vaccination support services through June 30, 2023.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

If this contract is not approved, most vulnerable Contra Costa County residents will continue to be at high risk for COVID-19.