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Health and Human Services Agency recommending the Board approve and authorize the Chair to sign Amendment 2 of Agreement for Services 4252 with Netsmart Technologies, Inc. for Insight Comprehensive Clinical Management Software License Agreement 03-498-01 to:
1) Assign Agreement 03-498-01 from QS Technologies to Netsmart Technologies, Inc.;
2) Amend the term from perpetual to expire effective on June 30, 2020; and
3) Allow for final payment in the amount of $35,632.57 ($17,381.74 for FY 2018-19 and $18,250.83 for FY 2019-20).
FUNDING: Public Health 1991 Realignment.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND:
Prior to Legistar, the Public Health Department (now a division of the Health and Human Services Agency) entered into Software License Agreement 03-498-01 (also known as County Agreement 791-PHD0808) with QS Technologies on June 10, 2003, for client management. Also, prior to Legistar, Software License Agreement 03-498-01 was first amended on November 9, 2004, to purchase an additional Insight Software module, license to the software, and other services.
Netsmart Technologies (Netsmart) acquired QS Technologies effective July 31, 2006. Although an assignment of agreement was not prepared at that time, invoices issued by Netsmart for the Insight Software services were paid by the County until the conversion from the FAMIS accounting system to the FENIX accounting system. After the conversion to FENIX, the invoice issued by Netsmart for FY 2018-2019 services could not be paid because the new accounting system did not have the history of the prior payments making it necessary that an assignment of agreement be entered into with Netsmart.
Additionally, changes in technology afforded the Public Health Division with the opportunity to find software that is current and better for client management and migrate the information from Netsmart to the new software. As Public Health no longer needs the software provided by Netsmart, Agreement for Services 4252 (Agre...
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