Memorandum
Date: January 26, 2021
To: The Honorable Moke Simon, Chair, Lake County Board of Supervisors
From: Todd Metcalf, M.P.A.
Behavioral Health Services Director
Subject: (a) Waive the formal bidding process pursuant to Lake County Code Section 38.2, as it is not in the public interest due to the unique nature of goods or services; and (b) Approve the Agreement between the County of Lake and Sutter Center for Psychiatry for Acute Inpatient Psychiatric Hospital Services and Professional Services associated with Acute Inpatient Psychiatric Hospitalizations for Fiscal Year 2020-21 for a contract maximum of $250,000.00 and authorize the Board Chair to sign the Agreement.
Executive Summary: Attached, for your approval, the Agreement between the County of Lake and Sutter Center for Psychiatry for Acute Inpatient Psychiatric Hospital Services and Professional Services associated with Acute Inpatient Psychiatric Hospitalization for Fiscal Year 2020-21. Sutter Center for Psychiatry provides emergency inpatient psychiatric services to clients referred by Lake County Behavioral Health Services (LCBHS) who require emergency inpatient psychiatric interventions to treat a psychiatric crisis or other acute mental health problem. These services are available in a 24-hour care, non-hospital setting to referred individuals in order to focus on a program of prompt intervention, assessment, and stabilization of the individual's psychiatric crisis/episode either voluntarily or involuntarily. LCBHS is requesting to waive the formal bidding process, pursuant to Lake County Code Section 38.2 as it is not in the public interest due to the unique nature of goods or services.
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Estimated Cost: $250,000.00 Amount Budgeted: $250,000.00 Additional Requested: $0 Future Annual Cost: TBD
Consistency with Vision 2028 and/or Fiscal Crisis Management Plan (check all that apply...
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