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Information Technologies and Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) recommending the Board approve and authorize the Chair to execute Contract 6830 with Granicus LLC for the provision of website redesign and site management services through its software as a service content management platform, following the Board approved award of Request for Proposal 22-915-037, with a three (3) year total not-to-exceed amount of $510,065.
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 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 workloads, 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 to discuss the website deficiencies and identify system enhancements. During the website improvement discussions, the County IT Department revealed that the County as a whole would like to redesign its entire website to enhance user experience, simplify content management and provide better informat...
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