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Health and Human Services Agency recommending the Board approve and ratify the Chief Administrative Officer’s signature on Amendment 1 to Agreement for Services 5078 with Avellino Lab USA, and on Amendment 1 to Agreement for Services 5075 with WestPac Labs, Inc., for COVID-19 testing and lab results, thereby extending the expiration date of each agreement to June 30, 2021 and continuing thereafter on a month-to-month basis until terminated, or until thirty (30) days after termination/expiration of the Governor’s Shelter-in-Place Order (N-33-20), whichever occurs first.
FUNDING: Federal and State: Possible CARES Act, and/or Federal Emergency Management Agency; with potential use of Realignment based on FEMA reimbursement.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND:
The Governor of the State of California declared a State of Emergency on March 4, 2020. The World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic on March 11, 2020 and on March 19, 2020, the Governor of the State of California executed Executive Order N-33-20.
Screening, case investigation and contact tracing are proven methods to slow the transmission of communicable diseases such as COVID-19, therefore, the Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) determined that it is necessary to increase testing within the County and executed Agreement #5078 with Avellino Lab USA, Inc. and Agreement #5075 with WestPac Labs, Inc. These agreements have provided HHSA with the COVID-19 testing supplies and laboratory results for both the HHSA Public Health Division activities, as well as El Dorado County Office of Education testing activities.
On December 28, 2020, the Chief Administrative Officer executed Amendment 1 to Agreement #5078 with Avellino Lab USA, Inc. and Amendment 1 to Agreement #5075 with WestPac Labs, Inc. thereby extending the expiration date of each agreement from December 30, 2020 to June 30, 2021 and continuing thereafter on a month-to-month basis until terminated, or until thirty (30) days after ...
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