HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 11032015 - C.61RECOMMENDATION(S):
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Auditor-Controller, or his designee, to pay $25,680.75 to Brown Miller
Communications, Inc., for consultation and technical assistance to develop a Strategic Plan with regard to the
Affordable Care Act during the period of July 1, 2015 through August 31, 2015.
FISCAL IMPACT:
100% Hospital Enterprise Fund I.
BACKGROUND:
On September 2014, the County Administrator approved and the Purchasing Agent executed Contract #26-755-1
with Brown Miller Communications, Inc. for consultation and technical assistance to develop a Strategic Plan with
regard to the Affordable Care Act, for the period from September 1, 2014 through August 31, 2015. Services were
requested and provided beyond the payment limit of the contract. At the end of the contract period, charges of
$120,680.75 had been incurred, of which $95,000 had been paid pursuant to the contract limits. The additional
services were provided between July 1, 2015 and August 31, 2015 and amounted to $25,680.75.
Because the contract limit has been reached, the Department
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 11/03/2015 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
Clerks Notes:
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
AYE:John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II
Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III
Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV
Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V
Supervisor
Contact: Anna Roth, (925)
370-5101
I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board
of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: November 3, 2015
David Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: June McHuen, Deputy
cc: T Scott, N Rios
C. 61
To:Board of Supervisors
From:William Walker, M.D., Health Services Director
Date:November 3, 2015
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Payments for Services Provided to Brown Miller Communications, Inc.
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
cannot pay the provider under the contract for the additional services. The provider is nonetheless entitled to payment
for the reasonable value of their services under the equitable relief theory of quantum meruit. That theory provides
that where a person has been asked to provide services without a valid contract, and the provider does so to the
benefit of the recipient, the provider is entitled to recover the reasonable value of those services. Because the Health
Services Department requested additional services from Brown Miller Communications, Inc., and the contractor
provided the services in good faith, with the full expectation and understanding that it would receive payment for
those services, the contractor has the right to claim the reasonable value of the services provided above the contract
limit. As such, the Department recommends that the Board authorize the Auditor-Controller to issue a one-time
payment to Brown Miller Communications, Inc. in the amount of $25,680.75.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
The service provider will not be paid for services rendered to the Health Services Department.
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
Not applicable.