DATE: June 20, 2017
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Dawan Utecht, Director of Behavioral Health
SUBJECT: Amendment II to Agreement with WestCare California, Inc.
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute Amendment II to Agreement No. 12-232 with WestCare California, Inc. for a Supervised Overnight Stay Program and related services for adult mentally ill clients discharged from local hospital emergency departments and California Welfare & Institutions Code, Section 5150 designated facilities extending the term by one year from July 1, 2017 to June 30, 2018 and increasing the maximum by $819,090 to a total of $4,746,509.
REPORT
Approval of the recommended action will allow for a one-year extension of existing services provided by WestCare California, Inc. while the Department of Behavioral Health finalizes the added services to enhance the scope of work delivered at the supervised overnight stay facility in preparation of a Request for Proposals that will be issued in December 2017. WestCare has provided these services since May 2012 and the agreement is in the 5th year, ending on June 30, 2017. The Department did not finalized the RFP sooner due to continued research to identify additional components and services that will be included in the RFP. The extension will be financed with Mental Health Services Act - Prevention and Early Intervention (MHSA - PEI) funds, with no increase in Net County Cost.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
Your Board may approve a shorter extension; however, the Department would need to expedite the RFP process resulting in possible service deficiencies. Additionally, a shortened timeframe may not allow for program transition, recruitment; hiring and training of staff if a different vendor were selected. If the recommended action is not approved, the existing contract will expire on June 30, 2017. Services to clients will cease resulting in mentally ill clients being rerouted to local emergenc...
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