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Commissioner Brown - DHHS (Social Services Division) - To Authorize Bid Awards for Temporary Staffing Services, In-Home Aide Services, and Adult Day Care Aide Services
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STAFF CONTACT
Angela Karchmer - DHHS (Social Services Division) Director - 704-862-7930
BUDGET IMPACT
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Funds are budgeted in the FY22-23 budget for debt payments.
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BUDGET ORDINANCE IMPACT
N/A
BACKGROUND
The competitive request for proposals (RFP) was conducted for Temporary Staffing Services, In-Home Aide and Adult Day Care Aide Services. Due to large turnover and vacancies, temporary services are used to assist with caseload balancing until permanent staff are hired and trained. In-Home Services are used to assist clients with in-home needs that agency staff are not trained to provide.
* Purchase and Service Contracts containing federal funds of any source, type or amount, must follow Uniform Guidance (UG) as codified in 2 C.F.R. Part 200. Per 2 C.F.R. ? 200.320(b), Service Contracts of $250,000 or more (threshold based on total cost of award if multiple awards) can be procured per the Competitive Proposal process when the sealed bid procedure is not appropriate for the particular type of service being sought. This competitive RFP process was conducted for Temporary Staffing Services and In-Home Aide and Adult Day Care Aide Services.
* Both RFP's were publicized on the County's website and on the NC DOA Historically Underutilized Businesses (HUB) site to meet the UG affirmative steps to solicit from M/WBE. Specifications were also broken up to allow maximum M/WBE participation. Both the Temporary Services and In-Home Aide and Adult Day Care Aide Services were also advertised in the Gazette.
* Five (5) temporary Services proposals were received on 4/26/2022 for RFP#2022-000TS. Six (6) In Home Aide Services proposals were received on 4/21/2022 for RFP #2022-002IHA. Proposals were evaluated only on criteria established in the RFP documents.
* Awards are proposed to th...
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