Health Department Forms Folder 0038, 2000-2001

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C. CONTRACT AWARD vendor has determined from the information presently available that the The Department contract award. This information is as follows: is responsible and eligible for

- A VENDEX Caution Check done on 4/6/00 found:

- No advices of caution. for other City contracts - All VENDEX performance evaluation information showed a satisfactory or higher rating. available. - No warrant or tax lien information memorandum, dated - A Department of investigation (DOI) vendor name check However, upon further investigation, 3/22/00, revealed no closing memoranda. Inspector General, dated March 17, (see attached memoranda from Gerard Hocy, dated May 12, 2000), the DOT 2000, and from Kyle Sturkin, Inspector General. failed to reveal a federal conviction advised that the vendor's Executive Director city agencies within the past on her Principal Vender Questionnaires to two other failed to disclose accurate answers two years. Specifically. the Executive Director Questionnaire and that she had a federal to Question No. 7 of the Vendex Internal Revenue Service agent conviction arising out of her impersonation of an Director's Vender and theft of government funds. While the Executive (i.e., she did accurately submission to the Department of Health was complete Department considered the answer Question No. 7 of the Vendex Questionnaire), federal conviction, and the prior the federal conviction, the underlying facts of the indicative of the lack of Vender omissions to be a very serious integrity matter the integrity issues, the credibility of the Executive Director. Notwithstanding does have the requisite Evaluation Committee found that the Executive Director and the program, and that the skills to supervise the administration of this contract the Department is concerned vendor can fully perform this contract. However, Director, which may about the integrity issues of the vendor's Executive Department of the activities and compromise the vendor's representation to the performance of this vendor.

As stated elsewhere in this RFA, the Department's asthma initiative is critical and contract support that critical the services to be provided under the subject inserted initiative. Therefore, to address the integrity issue, the Department the Executive Director language in the contract that creates a "firewall" to keep contract. Moreover, due to from having any role or contact with the Department's with the DOI and the critical nature of this initiative, the Department consulted sought their assistance in ensuring that the City is protected, while at the same IC\CMS\Contdocs\ACTUALS\OOIP 053\cm-rfa.wpd

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