To: Dale K. Weighill, Governmental Operations Committee Chairperson
From: Sheriff Christopher R. Swanson
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RE: Approval to enter a Professional Service Contract between the Genesee County Sheriff’s Office and New Paths Inc. in the amount of $250,000.00 to provide Medicated Assisted Treatment (MAT)/Medicated Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) inside the Genesee County Jail.
recommendation
BOARD ACTION REQUESTED:
Approval to enter a Professional Service Contract between the Genesee County Sheriff’s Office and New Paths Inc. in the amount of $250,000.00 to provide Medicated Assisted Treatment (MAT)/Medicated Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) inside the Genesee County Jail.
BACKGROUND:
The Genesee County Sheriff’s Office has received a grant from the Michigan State Police to establish a comprehensive Medication-Assisted Treatment/Medication for Opioid Use Disorder (MAT/MOUD) program (RESO-2024-1150). This grant requires a subcontract in the amount of $250,000.00. The service was advertised on the County website and BidNet in an effort to find vendors capable of providing the required services. New Path Inc. was determined to be a Sole Source provider for this service (see attached letter).
DISCUSSION:
IMPACT ON HUMAN RESOURCES:
None
IMPACT ON BUDGET:
Track and report expenses. The cost of this agreement will be paid from account 2848-324.00-801.000
IMPACT ON FACILITIES:
None
IMPACT ON TECHNOLOGY:
None
CONFORMITY TO COUNTY PRIORITIES:
This request conforms to the county priorities by continuing to promote safe communities.
resolution
TO THE HONORABLE CHAIRPERSON AND MEMBERS OF THE GENESEE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN:
BE IT RESOLVED, by this Board of County Commissioners of Genesee County, Michigan, that the request by the Office of Genesee County Sheriff to authorize entering into a Professional Service Contract between Genesee County and New Paths, Inc., whereby the contactor will provide Medicated Assisted Treatment (MAT)/Medicated Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) services inside of the County Jail for a term commencing March 1, 2025, through September 30, 2025, at a total cost not to exceed $250,000.00 to be paid from account 2848-324.00-801.000, is approved (a copy of the memorandum request and supporting documents being on file with the official records of the March 5, 2025 meeting of the Governmental Operations Committee of this Board), and the Chairperson of this Board is authorized to execute the contract on behalf of Genesee County.