Title
Dept/ Agency: Health and Community Wellness
Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Contract with State Entity, Rutgers University
Purpose: To contract with Rutgers University-Newark School of Public Affairs
and Administration, "SPAA", to provide an evaluation and quality improvement
plan for Advancing Health Literacy to Enhance Equitable Community Responses
to COVI D-19.
Entity Name: Rutgers University
Entity Address: 1294 University Avenue, Newark, New Jersey 07102
Contract Amount: Not to exceed $500,000.00
Funding Source: United States Department of Health and Human Services
Contract Period: July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2023
Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor (X) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale (X) Grant (X) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a
Additional Information:
Funds accepted by Resolution 7R5-b adopted on September 1, 2021.
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WHEREAS, the City of Newark (the "City") seeks to provide an evaluation plan and quality improvement plan for Advancing Health Literacy to Enhance Equitable Community Responses to COVID-19; and
WHEREAS, the United States Department of Health and Human Services solicited proposals for projects to demonstrate the effectiveness of local government implementation of evidence-based health literacy strategies that are culturally appropriate to enhance COVID-19 testing, contact tracing and/or other mitigation measures (e.g., public health prevention practices and vaccination) in racial and ethnic minority populations and other socially vulnerable populations; and
WHEREAS, on April 20, 2021, on behalf of the City of Newark, under the Department of Health and Community Wellness with Rutgers University-Newark, School of Public Affairs, Partners in Health, and other stakeholders collaborated and submitted an application to the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health/Office of Minority Health, requesting funding in the amount of $4,000,000.00 to develop and implement a health literacy program, to improve responses to COVID-19 public health strategies and other related health outcomes among Newark's racial and ethnic minority populations; and
WHEREAS, as part of the proposal the City of Newark submitted to the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health/Office of Minority Health, the City of Newark partnered with Rutgers University, a State-controlled entity of the State of New Jersey to establish and implement an ongoing quality improvement process and project evaluation plan should the grant be awarded to the City of Newark; and
WHEREAS, on June 18, 2021, the City, was awarded a two (2) year grant award for $3,875,000.00 under the Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, Advancing Health Literacy to Enhance Equitable Community Responses to COVID-19 (hereinafter "DHHS"); and
WHEREAS, as a condition of the award the City must enter into a sub--contract with Rutgers University to perform both planning, research, quality improvements and evaluation services for the grant; and
WHEREAS, this contract is awarded without competitive bidding, as an exception to the Local Public Contracts Law, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:11-5(2), the contract between the City and Rutgers, an agency of the State of New Jersey, is not subject to the Pay-to-Play legislation; and
WHEREAS, the City wishes to engage Rutgers University to establish and implement an ongoing quality improvement process and project evaluation plan for the grant.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT:
1. The Mayor of the City of Newark and/or his designee, the Director Department of Health and Community Wellness are authorized to engage, execute, and enter into a contract with Rutgers University-Newark School of Public Affairs and Administration for Advancing Heath Literacy to Enhance Equitable Community Responses to COV1D-19 to establish and implement an ongoing quality improvement process and project evaluation plan for an amount not to exceed Five Hundred Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($500,000.00) for the period commencing July 1, 2021 and terminating on June 30, 2023.
2. This contract is hereby ratified from July 1, 2021, to the date of adoption of
this authorizing Resolution.
3. Attached hereto is Certification of Funds in the amount of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($500,000.00) from the Comptroller of the City of Newark that states that there are available sufficient legally appropriated funds from Account Code Line NW051;G21; H21Q0; 72090; B2021, for the purpose set forth hereinabove. A copy of the Comptroller’s Certificate shall be filed along with the original resolution and the executed contract in the Office of the City Clerk.
4. This contract is awarded without competitive bidding as an exception to Local Public Contracts Law, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A: 11-5(2), in that the contract is between the City of Newark and Rutgers University-Newark School of Public Affairs and Administration, an agency of the State of New Jersey and as a partner in the grant application is not subject to Pay-to-Play legislation.
5. The Director of the Department of Health and Community Wellness shall file a fully executed copy of the contract in the Office of the City Clerk.
STATEMENT
This Resolution ratifies and authorizes the Mayor of the City of Newark and/or his designee, the Director of the Department of Health and Community Wellness to enter into and execute a contract with Rutgers University, Newark School of Public Affairs and Administration for the purpose of Advancing Heath Literacy to Enhance Equitable Community Responses to COV1D-19 to establish and implement an ongoing quality improvement process and project evaluation plan for an amount not to exceed $500,000.00 for the period commencing July 1, 2021 and terminating June 30, 2023.