To: Board of Supervisors
From: Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Report Title: Amendment #76-784-3 University of Washington, Department of Psychiatric and Behavioral Sciences, UW School of Medicine
☒Recommendation of the County Administrator ☐ Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Health Services Director, or designee, to execute on behalf of the County Contract Amendment #76-784-3 University of Washington, Department of Psychiatric and Behavioral Sciences, UW School of Medicine, an educational institution, effective April 1, 2024, to amend Contract #76-784 (as amended by Extension Agreement #76-784-1 and Amendment/Extension Agreement #76-784-2) for additional behavioral health training for staff, contractors and community partners on crisis response, with no change in the original payment limit of $270,000, and no change in the original term of July 1, 2022 through May 31, 2024.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this amendment will result in no change to the original budgeted expenditures of up to $270,000 and is funded 100% by Heath Resources & Services Administration (HRSA) grant funds. (No rate increase)
BACKGROUND:
This contractor provides training and consultation to Behavioral Health Services Division (BHSD) staff, contractors and community partners on Crisis Response Team Training (CRTT) and Subject Matter Expert (SME) Training. This Contract is entered into under and subject to the following legal authorities: California Government Code §§ 26227 and 31000. Health Services Personnel approved this Contract to ensure no conflicts with labor relations. This Contractor has been providing these services to the County since July 2022.
In December 2022, County Administrator approved and Purchasing Services Manager executed Contract #76-784 with University of Washington in an amount not to exceed $175,000 to implement on-going training capability and long-term sustainability for behavioral health training for staff, contractors and community partners on crisis response, for the period July 1, 2022 through May 31, 2024.
In March 2023 County Administrator approved and Purchasing Services Manager executed Extension Agreement #76-784-1 with University of Washington to extend the termination date from June 30, 2023 to December 31, 2023 with no change in the payment limit.
On December 12, 2023, the Board of Supervisors approved Amendment/Extension Agreement #76-784-2 with University of Washington, effective December 31, 2023, to increase the payment limit by $95,000 to a new payment limit of $270,000 and extend the termination date from December 31, 2023 to May 31, 2024.
Approval of Amendment Agreement #76-784-3 will allow contractor to provide additional behavioral health training for staff, contractors and community partners on crisis response through May 31, 2024.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If this amendment is not approved, contractor will not receive compensation for the additional behavioral health training for staff, contractors and community partners.