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Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) recommending the Board:
1) Make findings that the provision of specialized training for staff development services provided by The Regents of the University of California on behalf of its Davis Campus Continuing and Professional Education (UC Davis) are in the public's best interest and that there are specialty skills, qualifications, and equipment not expressly identified in County classifications involved in the performance of the work in accordance with El Dorado County Ordinance Code, Chapter 3.13.030(B);
2) Make findings in accordance with Procurement Policy C-17 Section 3.4(2)(f) exempting the competitive bidding process with UC Davis, with Purchasing Agent concurrence, because “the procurement is for services where the continuity of providers will provide efficiency or critical knowledge, and other providers of the services cannot provide similar efficiencies or critical knowledge” and due to UC Davis being the only local educator capable of providing the needed training courses, therefore it is not possible to obtain competitive bids;
3) Approve and authorize the Chair to sign Agreement for Services 8435 with UC Davis, in the amount of $296,437.50 and for the term of three years from July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2027;
4) Authorize the Purchasing Agent to execute amendments relating to Agreement 8435, contingent upon approval by County Counsel and Risk Management, which do not increase the maximum dollar amount or term of the Agreement; and
5) Authorize the HHSA Director, or the Chief Assistant Director, to execute programmatic, administrative, and fiscal documents relating to Agreement 8435.
FUNDING: Federal and State - amounts vary based on utilization.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND:
Since 2004, the Board has authorized HHSA to contract with UC Davis for the provision of specialized training for staff development and to participate in trainings to enhance technical skills, improve the quality of case ma...
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