To: Board of Supervisors
From: Dr. Grant Colfax, Health Services Director
Report Title: Purchase Order with Hoover's Commercial Services, Inc. dba Be. Workplace Design
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Purchasing Agent, or designee, to execute on behalf of the Health Services Director, a one-time purchase order with Hoover's Commercial Services, Inc. dba Be. Workplace Designs in an amount not to exceed $1,084,438 for the purchase of office furniture to be used for the Mental Health Rehabilitation Center (MHRC) program located at 847B Brookside Drive in Richmond.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this action will result in expenditures up to $1,084,438 and will be funded by the Behavioral Health Continuum Infrastructure Program (BHCIP) to expand community-based treatment facilities. Cost Center #5967 work tag GR-00338.
BACKGROUND:
On November 15, 2023, the Contra Costa Health (CCH) - Behavioral Health (BH) department received a Conditional Notice of Award (NoA) of grant funds to renovate and convert a County-owned facility located at 847B Brookside Drive in Richmond to the first, in-County, Mental Health Rehabilitation Center (MHRC) to serve up to 45 clients in need of treatment in a secured setting as they recover from acute psychiatric episodes. Beginning in February 2024, CCH-BH staff have been meeting on a monthly basis with Advocates for Human Potential (AHP) and representatives from the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) to begin work on project requirements and to gather and finalize information to complete the Statement of Work and the project funding agreement. Additionally, Public Works and CCH staff have met weekly to continue planning and to finalize design for the facility. Per the NoA, allowable costs incurred from the time of the Conditional Award may be reimbursed upon full execution of the project funding agreement (PFA). The furniture will be us...
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