Department: Purchasing
Department Head/Elected Official: DeWight Dopslauf
Regular or Supplemental RCA: Regular RCA
Type of Request: Contract - Renewal
Project ID (if applicable): 210396
Vendor/Entity Legal Name (if applicable): International Business Machines Corporation
MWDBE Contracted Goal (if applicable): 6%
MWDBE Current Participation (if applicable): 4.3%
Justification for 0% MWDBE Participation Goal: N/A - Goal is not 0% and is listed above
Request Summary (Agenda Caption):
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Request for approval of a renewal option with International Business Machines Corporation for Enabling Technology Solution for the ACCESS Initiative for Public Health Services for the period of June 28, 2024 - June 27, 2025 at a cost of $26,887,914 (210396), MWDBE Contracted Goal: 6%, MWDBE Current Participation: 4.3%.
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Background and Discussion:
ACCESS Harris is a coordinated care initiative within the American Rescue Plan Act portfolio. On July 20, 2021, Commissioners Court unanimously voted to establish the ACCESS Harris initiative, and on November 9, 2021, Commissioners Court approved the funding requested to go forth and implement ACCESS Harris. The court also gave permission to solicit bids for a transformative and enabling technology solution that would operationalize ACCESS Harris' work in the community. Using federally recognized procurement guidelines and with the Harris County Purchasing Department, the ACCESS Harris team conducted a Request for Proposals to select the optimal vendor to provide the enabling technology solution required to put ACCESS into motion. This proposed enabling technology solution is funded by the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) and has been reviewed and approved by the ARPA budget steering committee.
Expected Impact:
This enabling technology solution will operationalize the work of ACCESS Harris, assembling the sensitive and siloed client records from each participating safety net department into a single-source master client i...
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