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Meeting Date:
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6/18/2024 - 6:00 PM
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Category:
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Purchasing
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Type:
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Action
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Subject:
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12.34 Renewal of Professional Nursing Services Contract 9508R1
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Strategic Plans:
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Priority 1.1 1.1 Organize and align departments and resources to support district priorities, strategies, and initiatives. Priority 1.4 1.4 Attract and recruit highly effective and qualified staff who are excellent matches for the district, develop a pipeline of candidates for hard-to-fill areas, and provide support to all employees that enables and empowers them to fulfill their role in our mission.
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Enclosure
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File Attachment:
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Summary:
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WHEREAS, in response to the COVID-19 National Declaration of Emergency proposals were electronically received on Tuesday, May 10, 2022 after public advertisement for Professional Nursing Services. Request for proposals were issued to twenty (20) vendors with eleven (11) vendors responding; and
WHEREAS, the Newark Board of Education approved the original award of contract during the June 21, 2022 Board Meeting for a contract term of July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2024 with an option to renew for one (1) successive two (2) year period; and
WHEREAS, the Newark Board of Education desires to exercise its sole renewal option for a two (2) year period commencing July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2026 increasing the contracted rates per the New Jersey Index Rate of two percent (2%) and;
WHEREAS, the recommendation for renewal of term contracts has been reviewed and approved by Dr. Marguerite Leuze, Executive Director of Health Services, Marilyn Mitchell, Director of Special Education, and Yolonda Severe, Executive Director of Early Childhood.
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Funding :
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Subject to the availability of funds.
20-20-218-200-511-439-000-000
10-11-000-213-300/330/340-411-000-000
20-20-487-200-320/330-411-000-000
10-11-xxx-xxx-300/320/330-xxx-xxx-xxx
15-15-xxx-xxx-300/320/330-xxx-xxx-xxx
20-20-xxx-xxx-300/320/330-xxx-xxx-xxx
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Recommendation to the Board:
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NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Newark Board of Education accepts and approves the renewal of term contracts for Professional Nursing Services for a grand total award not to exceed four million eight hundred five thousand dollars ($4,805,000.00) for a (2) year period of July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2026 as follows:
B. Delta-T Group North Jersey Inc., Woodbridge, NJ
C. Epic Health Services Inc dba Aveanna Healthcare, Atlanta, GA
D. Homecare Therapies LLC dba Horizon Healthcare Staffing, Manalapan, NJ
E. Medix Staffing Solutions Inc, Chicago, IL
G. Preferred Home Health Care and Nursing Services Inc., Eatontown, NJ
I. The Stepping Stones Group, LLC, Boston, MA
J. White Glove Community Care, Brick Township, NJ
EXPLANATION: To provide on-site professional nurse services.
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Approvals:
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Recommended By:
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Signed By:
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Sherelle Spriggs - Director Support Services
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Signed By:
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Ty-Shanique Addison - Principal Fiscal Analyst
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Signed By:
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Dr. Marguerite Leuze - Executive Director
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Signed By:
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Yolonda Severe - Executive Director of Early Childhood
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Signed By:
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Marilyn Mitchell - Deputy Executive Director
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Signed By:
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Valerie Wilson - School Business Administrator
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Signed By:
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Roger León - Superintendent
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Vote Results:
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| Original Motion | Member Josephine Garcia Moved, Member Daniel Gonzalez seconded to approve the Original motion 'NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Newark Board of Education accepts and approves the renewal of term contracts for Professional Nursing Services for a grand total award not to exceed four million eight hundred five thousand dollars ($4,805,000.00) for a (2) year period of July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2026 as follows:
B. Delta-T Group North Jersey Inc., Woodbridge, NJ
C. Epic Health Services Inc dba Aveanna Healthcare, Atlanta, GA
D. Homecare Therapies LLC dba Horizon Healthcare Staffing, Manalapan, NJ
E. Medix Staffing Solutions Inc, Chicago, IL
G. Preferred Home Health Care and Nursing Services Inc., Eatontown, NJ
I. The Stepping Stones Group, LLC, Boston, MA
J. White Glove Community Care, Brick Township, NJ
EXPLANATION: To provide on-site professional nurse services.'. Upon a Roll-Call Vote being taken, the vote was: Aye: 8 Nay: 0. | | The motion Carried 8 - 0 | | | | | Josephine Garcia | Yes | | Hasani Council | Yes | | Vereliz Santana | Yes | | Daniel Gonzalez | Yes | | Crystal Williams | Yes | | Allison K. James-Frison | Yes | | Kanileah Anderson | Yes | | Helena Vinhas | Yes | |
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