SUBJECT
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Approve the contract with Tri-County Human Services, Inc. (TCHS) for the purchase and installation of generators. (Total amount not to exceed $430,000)
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DESCRIPTION
The County currently contracts with TCHS to provide outpatient and residential behavioral health services to qualified, low-income Polk County residents. In response to a Request for Applications through Community Health Care, TCHS submitted a request for funding to purchase and install 4 generators at the following facilities:
• New Beginning Women’s Facility (1377 East Lake Parker Drive, Lakeland) 1 100 KW generator
• Lakeland Outpatient Clinic (2330 Commerce Point, Lakeland) 1 150 KW generator
• Administrative Offices (2026 Crystal Wood Drive, Lakeland) 1 150 KW generator
• Jersey Commons (Jersey Road, Winter Haven) 1 150 KW generator (new location under development, generator size could change once building is completed and inspected).
This contract will be effective October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025.
This funding request was presented to and approved by the Citizens HealthCare Oversight Committee (COC).
RECOMMENDATION
Approve the contract with TCHS for the purchase and installation of generators.
FISCAL IMPACT
Funds are available in FY 24/25, in the Indigent Health Care Fund.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Joy Johnson, Administrator, Health and Human Services, 863-534-5204