RESOLUTION NO. _____________

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, COUNTY OF SAN MATEO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA

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RESOLUTION: 1) AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH AVID TRANSLATION FOR LANGUAGE INTERPRETATION AND TRANSLATION SERVICES FOR THE TERM JULY 1, 2010 THROUGH JUNE 30, 2013, FOR A MAXIMUM OBLIGATION OF $450,000; AND 2) AUTHORIZING THE HEALTH SYSTEM CHIEF OR DESIGNEE TO EXECUTE CONTRACT AMENDMENTS WHICH MODIFY THE COUNTY'S MAXIMUM FISCAL OBLIGATION BY NO MORE THAN $25,000 (IN AGGREGATE), AND/OR MODIFY THE CONTRACT TERM AND/OR SERVICES SO LONG AS THE MODIFIED TERM OR SERVICES IS/ARE WITHIN THE CURRENT OR REVISED FISCAL PROVISIONS

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RESOLVED, by the Board of Supervisors of the County of San Mateo, State of California, that

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to Government Code, Section 31000, County may contract with independent contractors for the furnishing of such services to, or for County, or any Department thereof; and

 

WHEREAS, in May 2004 under direction of the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors, the Health Department and the community convened the first Healthy Communities Summit to focus on health disparities; and

 

WHEREAS, in October 2006 San Mateo County’s Board of Supervisors accepted the “Linguistic Access Study: Summary of Findings and Recommendations Report”; and

 
 
 

WHEREAS, in July 2008 the Health Department adopted two policies on linguistic access to health services, resulting in increased use of interpretation and translation services; and

 

WHEREAS, in January 2010 Health Policy and Planning released a Request for

Proposals for all qualified contractors to provide interpretation and translation services;

and of the ten of proposals received, Avid Translation was one of two contractors

selected to provide the entire Health System interpretation and translation services; and

 

WHEREAS, both parties wish to enter into an Agreement effective July 1,

2010 through June 30, 2013, for a maximum obligation of $450,000; and

 

WHEREAS, this Board of Supervisors has been presented with the Agreement

and has approved it as to both form and content and desires to enter into the

Agreement.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY DETERMINED AND ORDERED that the President of this Board of Supervisors be and is hereby authorized and directed to execute said Agreement for and on behalf of the County of San Mateo, and the Clerk of this Board shall attest the President's signatures thereto.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Health System Chief or designee is

authorized to execute contract amendments which modify the County's maximum fiscal

obligation by no more than $25,000 (in aggregate), and/or modify the contract term

and/or services so long as the modified term or services is/are within the current or

revised fiscal provisions.

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