To: Board of Supervisors
From: Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Report Title: Amendment/Extension #23-531-16 with Nordic Consulting Partners, Inc.
?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/Extension Agreement #23-531-16 with Nordic Consulting Partners, Inc., a corporation, effective May 1, 2024, to amend Contract #23-531-15, to increase the payment limit by $31,000,000, from $22,000,000 to a new payment limit of $53,000,000, and to extend the termination date from December 31, 2024 to December 31, 2026 for additional consultation, application and technical support, system optimization, information security, training and temporary candidacy services for Contra Costa Health's (CCH) Information Systems Unit.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this amendment will result in additional expenditures of up to $31,000,000 and will be funded as budgeted by the department in FYs 2024-26, by 100% by Hospital Enterprise Fund I revenues. (Rate increase).
BACKGROUND:
This contract meets the needs of the CCH Information Systems Unit by providing consultation, technical assistance, and temporary candidacy services in support of the ccLink Electronic Health Record System, including system optimization, information security, training, and application support. This support is imperative to business performance and strategy such as Epic Tapestry Improvement work. Nordic has contracted with the CCH's Information Systems Unit since 2012.
On December 13, 2022, the Board of Supervisors approved contract #23-531-15 with Nordic Consulting Partners, Inc., for the provision of consultation and technical assistance for the period from January 1, 2023, through December 31, 2024. Over the past year, Nordic assisted CCH in successfully implementing the rehaul of the billing function in its behavioral health division unde...
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