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Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) recommending the Board:
1) Award Request for Proposal 22-915-037 to the Proposer identified as appropriate by the evaluation panel, Granicus LLC, for the provision of website redesign and site management services through its Software as a Service Content Management System platform called OpenCities to HHSA’s Public Health Division and the Information Technologies Department; and
2) Authorize HHSA to negotiate a three (3) year Agreement for Services with Granicus LLC for an estimated budget not to exceed $350,000 for the term of the Agreement of Fiscal Years 2022-23, 2023-24, and 2024-25, and return to the Board for approval of the agreement upon completion of negotiations.
FUNDING: 100% California Department of Public Health State funding allocation authorized pursuant to the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2021, appropriated for the COVID-19 Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity (ELC) Enhancing Detection Expansion for years one and two, and 100% Federal American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 funding appropriated to HHSA Public Health for year three.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND:
The El Dorado County (County) Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) Public Health Division (PHD) has developed a strong public health system that supports healthy communities and advances County initiatives that support the prevention of illness, disease, and injury. Since the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic and with the additional tasks required by the PHD to support additional and associated work loads, the PHD experienced difficulties updating its website in a timely fashion as most changes had to go through the County Information Technologies (IT) Department or through an external vendor. These delays had an impact on the PHD’s ability to provide timely public health announcements through its website.
As a result of the realized website shortcomings, the HHSA PHD consulted with the County IT Department...
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