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Probation Department recommending the Board consider the following:
1) Make findings in accordance with El Dorado County Ordinance Code, Chapter 3.13.030 (B) that specialty skills and qualifications not expressly identified in County classifications are involved in the performance of the work;
2) Make findings in accordance with Procurement Policy C-17 3.4.2. (f), exempting the competitive bidding process, with Purchasing Agent concurrence, because “the procurement is for goods where the continuity of providers will provide efficiency or critical knowledge, and other providers of the goods cannot provide similar efficiencies or critical knowledge”;
3) Approve and authorize the Chair to sign Agreement 8967 with Noble Software Group, LLC to provide training, access and use license of a proprietary cloud-based assessment service for a three year term covering the period of November 1, 2024, through October 31, 2027, for an amount not to exceed $330,000; and
4) Authorize the Purchasing Agent to execute further documents relating to Agreement for Services 8967, including amendments which do not increase the maximum dollar amount or term of the Agreement, and contingent upon approval by County Counsel and Risk Management.
FUNDING: General Fund (100%).
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
The State of California continues to promote evidence-based practices as the standard for programs and services. The Probation Department (Probation) has procured the services of Noble Software since October 2015 for juvenile and adult risk assessments using Dynamic Risk Assessment, Positive Achievement Change Tool (PACT), PACT-pre assessment tools, and Static Risk and Needs Assessment (SRNA), all of which are evidence based. These fully validated assessment tools provide a foundation to address juvenile and adult offenders' needs based on risk of reoffending and addresses the underlying criminogenic needs to make sustainable behavioral changes for each offender while also providing ...
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