To: Board of Supervisors
From: Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Report Title: Amendment Agreement #74-626-4 with SHS Consulting, LLC
☒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 Agreement #74-626-4 with SHS Consulting, LLC, a limited liability company, effective November 1, 2023, to amend Contract #74-626-3, to increase the payment limit by $95,000, from $207,480 to a new payment limit of $302,480, with no change in the original term of February 1, 2023 through January 31, 2024.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this contract will result in additional expenditures of up to $95,000 and will be funded 100% by Mental Health Realignment. (No Rate increase)
BACKGROUND:
The county has been contracting with SHS Consulting, LLC, since February 2021 to provide consulting and technical assistance to the Behavioral Health Services Director in regard to information technology and data management, including but not limited to, preparing and organizing the development of strategies for collecting and reporting from information systems relevant to Behavioral Health Services Department (BHSD), and serve as the primary liaison between BHSD and Information Technology Services Unit for reporting and data systems need.
On December 13, 2022, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract #74-626-3 with SHS Consulting, LLC, in an amount not to exceed $207,480, for the provision of consulting and technical assistance services for the period February 1, 2023 through January 31, 2024.
Approval of Contract Amendment Agreement #74-626-4 will allow the contractor to provide additional consultation services through January 31, 2024.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If this amendment is not approved, the contract will not have sufficient funds to pay contractor and the behavioral health services department will not have access to contractor’s additional services.