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Contract - Child Support Enforcement
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INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ashley Lantz, Human Services Agency - Social Services, Director, 704-296-4380
ACTION REQUESTED:
Authorize the County Manager to 1) negotiate and execute an agreement substantially consistent with this agenda item, 2) exercise any renewal or extension term options set forth in the Agreement, and 3) terminate the Agreement if deemed in the best interest of the County, each in the County Manager's discretion.
PRIOR BOARD ACTIONS:
None.
BACKGROUND:
DSS is statutorily responsible for providing child support enforcement services. Union County DSS uses Veritas HHS, LLC to meet this requirement. Veritas has been an excellent partner in providing child support enforcement services for our county.
The Procurement Department partnered with Union County Department of Social Services to issue a Request for Proposal 2024-069 Child Support Enforcement Services. On April 17, 2024, two proposals were received and reviewed by an evaluation team in accordance with applicable evaluation criteria for this project. As a result, the team requests approval to enter into a contract with the top scoring/ranked preferred offeror, Veritas HHS, LLC to provide Child Support Enforcement service(s). This contract has an initial term of three years with two, one-year renewal options at the sole discretion of the County and is subject to annual budget appropriation.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
The anticipated annual cost for this service is $1,217,086. Since this contract contains an initial term of three years with two one-year renewal options, a total of $6,085,430 is estimated to be spent. Funding is available in the adopted FY2025 budget appropriation with future expenditures subject to annual BOCC budget appropriation.