Subject:
Title
Expansion of Vaccination Operations in Brevard County
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Fiscal Impact:
Not to Exceed two million dollars (as previously authorized by the Board)
Dept/Office:
County Manager's Office
Requested Action:
Recommendation
It is requested the Board of County Commissioners:
- Review the proposed agreements with local hospitals systems
- Review the proposed agreement with Caliburn Company (Comprehensive Health Services)
- Authorize the County Manager to execute all agreements upon review and approval by the County Attorney's Office, Risk Management and Purchasing Services
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Summary Explanation and Background:
On January 12, 2021 the Board authorized the County Manager's Office, Public Safety and Purchasing Services to reach out to known vendors who have the capability to provide vaccination administration and discuss potential agreements to increase the capacity in which the County could distribute the COVID-19 Vaccine as quickly and efficiently as possible.
As the Florida Department of Emergency Management has stated, Counties are encouraged to establish systems to increase vaccination distribution capacity. Based on this and Board approval to find vendors capable of supporting the vaccination effort, County staff have been in discussions with hospital systems located within Brevard County. These discussions have focused on a strategy to administer the COVID-19 vaccine at multiple locations within Brevard County as quickly and efficiently as possible.
Health First, Rockledge Regional Medical Center (Steward Family Hospital), and Parrish Medical Center have all agreed to partner with the County and the Brevard County Health Department to administer the COVID-19 vaccination throughout Brevard County at no cost to the County, recipients, or insurance companies.
The County Attorney's Office is currently working through agreement language with each hospital that outlines distribution of the vaccine to the hospitals and their vaccination site...
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