Fiscal Note
The proposed resolution authorizes a non-competitive service contract with UW-Madison's Population Health Institute for continued data services to support updates to the Dane County Respiratory Pathogens dashboard. The cost of services is estimated to be a maximum cost of $64,013 between September 2024 and February 2025 and will be funded by the COVID Immunization grant issued by the Wisconsin Department of Health Services. No appropriation is required.
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Authorizing a non-competitive service contract with UW-Madison's Population Health Institute (contracted under Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System on behalf of the University of Wisconsin-Madison) for continued data services to support updates to the Dane County Respiratory Pathogens dashboard
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WHEREAS, Public Health Madison & Dane County (Public Health) has worked with UW-Madison's Population Health Institute (contracted under Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System on behalf of the University of Wisconsin-Madison) to host a COVID Response Corps Fellow since March 2021 and has the opportunity to continue funding the Fellow with grant funding from September 2024 through February of 2025; and
WHEREAS, the Fellow has supported the maintenance, data quality, and regular updating of the Dane County COVID Data Dashboard since 2021 and the Fellow has been funded through state Epidemiology & Laboratory Capacity grant funds through June 30, 2023. At that time, the Fellow transitioned to a Public Health Outreach Specialist role, funded by a UW grant focused on respiratory pathogen monitoring; and
WHEREAS, in 2023, Public Health transitioned its COVID dashboard to a more comprehensive respiratory pathogen monitoring dashboard and the Outreach Specialist was uniquely poised to assist with this transition given their experience and expertise with Public Health's dashboard infrastructure. The Outreach Specialist was part of the team selected for the 2023 cohort of the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists' Data Science Team Training program, where the team project focused on developing a respiratory surveillance data system and dashboard; and
WHEREAS, Public Health was awarded an addition and extension of COVID Immunization grant funding issued by the Wisconsin Department of Health Services, to provide an expanded vaccination outreach model, which includes a deeper data dive in order to assess, plan and implement robust vaccination strategies for improved systems and health outcomes; and
WHEREAS, the Outreach Specialist's partnership with health systems and knowledge of the Wisconsin Immunization Registry system will provide rapid access to data on which to make decisions regarding where to invest resources in vaccinator outreach; and
WHEREAS, the cost of services is estimated to be a maximum cost of $64,013 between September 2024 and February 2025, to be covered by the COVID Immunization grant issued by the Wisconsin Department of Health Services; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that Board of Health for Madison and Dane County on behalf of Public Health Madison and Dane County is authorized to execute a non-competitive service contract with the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System on behalf of the University of Wisconsin-Madison for the purpose and at the price described above; and
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, that the Public Health Director, or their designee, is authorized to sign the agreement.