Title
Dept./ Agency: Law
Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Purpose: Pre-Litigation Settlement
Docket No.: Not Applicable
Claimant: Geneva Worldwide, Inc., 256 West 38th Street, 10th Floor, New York, New York 10018
Claimant's Attorney: Not Applicable
Attorney's Address: Not Applicable
Settlement Amount: $79,572.92
Funding Source: Budget 2023/Department of Health and Community Wellness/Business Unit NW026 Account# 46545 Budget Ref: B2023
Additional Comments:
This Settlement Agreement resolves all outstanding invoices for Geneva Worldwide, Inc., for providing interpretation and documents translation.
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WHEREAS, ambulatory care requires that clinics serving a non-English speaking population shall have either a language interpreter on staff or have a language interpreter immediately available, under contract, or by telephone conference call; and
WHEREAS, the City's Department of Health and Community Wellness (DHCW) provides primary medical and mental health services to all Newark residents; and
WHEREAS, the Federally Qualified Health Center used a contracted vendor Geneva Worldwide, Inc. for language interpretation for its' non-English speaking population; and
WHEREAS, the Geneva World Wide 'Inc.'s contract terminated on December 31, 2019; and
WHEREAS, the City of Newark (the "City") went out to bid and due to vendor questions the process became protracted; and
WHEREAS, the City continued to provide clinical services and continued using Geneva Worldwide, Inc., for translations services from January 1, 2020 through October 24, 2022; and
WHEREAS, Geneva Worldwide, Inc., submitted invoices for language translation and interpretation services to the DHCW for an amount not to exceed Seventy-Nine Thousand Five Hundred Seventy-Two Dollars and Ninety-Two Cents ($79,572.92) (the "Claim") to cover the period in which it did not have a contract ...
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