To: Board of Supervisors
From: Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Report Title: Payment for Services Provided by The Indigo Project
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Auditor-Controller, or designee, to pay $44,617.50 to The Indigo Project, a corporation, for the provision of consultation and technical assistance with regard to the Behavioral Healthcare Infrastructure Project that exceeded the contract payment limit and was provided in good faith for the period April 1, 2024 through May 31, 2024.
FISCAL IMPACT:
This retro payment in the amount of $44,617.50 is funded 100% by Mental Health Services Act funds.
BACKGROUND:
The Behavioral Health Services Division (BHSD) has been contracting with The Indigo Project since February 2022 to provide consultation, evaluation and technical assistance to BHSD to identify Behavioral Health infrastructure needs and gather community input to prepare for State funding.
In August 2023, the County Administrator approved and the Purchasing Services Manager executed Contract #74-645-5 with The Indigo Project, in an amount not to exceed $200,000, to provide consultation and technical assistance with regard to the Behavioral Healthcare Infrastructure Project for the period May 1, 2023 through May 31, 2024.
Due to a much higher anticipated level of service needed to complete the Behavioral Healthcare Infrastructure Project, there are insufficient funds to cover the additional services provided by the Contractor in the amount of $44,617.50.
Therefore, the County has determined that The Indigo Project is entitled to payment for the reasonable value of their services under the equitable relief theory of quantum meruit. That theory provides that where a person has been asked to provide services without a valid contract, and the provider does so to the benefit of the recipient, the provider is entitled to recover the reasonable value of those ser...
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