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THE CITY OF NEW YORK
OFFICE OF THE COMPTROLLER
1 CENTRE STREET
NEW YORK, N.Y. 10007-2341
John Graham
Director, ALAN G. HEVESI
COMPTROLLER
Office of Contract Administration
September 1, 2000
Claude Millman
Director
Mayor's Office of Contracts
253 Broadway
New York, N.Y. 10007
Re: East Harlem Council for Human
Services, Inc.
Contract No.: 20010004849
Dear Mr. Millman:
On August 24, 2000, the Department of Health (DOH) resubmitted a contract
with East Harlem Council for Human Services, Inc. (East Harlem Council) for
registration. The original request for registration had been withdratvn by the Mayor's
Office on August 23, 2000 in response to unanswered concerns raised by this office. The
contract, which is approximately S I million, is for case management for vendors
providing services under the Asthma Critical Event Response System program.
High levels of asthma in East Harlem and other areas of the City is a very serious
issue. We have previously communicated our concerns about the delays in implementing
contracts essential to the remediation of this problem. In a September 10, 1999 letter to
DOH, we wrote regarding its extensive delays in awarding other Asthma Initiative
contracts for an RFP that was issued in 1998 (see attached). In spite of our letter and the
continued high asthma rates in parts of the City, those contracts were only recently
submitted for registration - almost two years after issuance of the RFP.
Upon review, we found that the East Harlem Council contract suffered protracted
delays similar to those described above. This contract was let by Negotiated Acquisition,
a less competitive method of procurement designed to accelerate the award of the
contract due to "time sensitive " circumstances. In spite of the necessity to quickly
implement this asthma initiative and the diminished competition, it has been 15 months
since the solicitation was announced and 1 year since East Harlem was chosen as the
contractor.
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