IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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A RESOLUTION awarding a contract for the furnishing of DNA profiling services as required by the Unidentified Remains and Forensic Equipment Replacement Project grant, for use by the Medical Examiner’s Office to Othram, Inc., of Houston, TX, at an actual cost to the County not to exceed $739,830.00, as a sole source purchase.
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RESOLUTION NO. 21844, January 27, 2025
INTRODUCED BY Jalen Anderson, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, the Medical Examiner’s Office is in need of Forensic Genetic Genealogy (FGG) services, a new DNA profiling technology, to identify the numerous unidentified remains in its care; and,
WHEREAS, by Ordinance 5898, dated November 4, 2024, the Legislature did accept the Unidentified Remains and Forensic Equipment Replacement Project Grant, in the amount of $963,000.00, for the period of March 9, 2024, through March 31, 2028, awarded by the Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance Grant, to provide funding for the needed FGG services; and,
WHEREAS, Othram, Inc., is the only provider of FGG that has the advanced capabilities to provide end-to-end in-house services from DNA extraction, enrichment, and repair through DNA sequencing and genetic genealogy analysis, including personally reaching out to potential family of unknown individuals to obtain confirmatory DNA samples; and,
WHEREAS, for these reasons and pursuant to section 1030.1 of the Jackson County Code, 1984, the Director of Finance and Purchasing recommends the award of this contract to Othram, Inc., of Houston, TX, as a sole source purchase, at a total cost to the County not to exceed $739,830.00, over the life of the contract; now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that award be made as recommended by the Director of Finance and Purchasing and Medical Examiner, and that the Director be and hereby is authorized to execute for the County any documents necessary for the accomplishment of the award; and,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Director of Finance and Purchasing is authorized to make all payments, including final payment, on the contract, to the extent that sufficient appropriations to the using spending agency are contained in the then current County budget.
Enacted and Approved
Effective Date: This Resolution shall be effective immediately upon its passage by a majority of the Legislature.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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County Counselor
Certificate of Passage
I hereby certify that the attached resolution, Resolution No. 21844 of January 27, 2025, was duly passed on February 3, 2025 by the Jackson County Legislature. The votes thereon were as follows:
Yeas ______7_________ Nays ______1________
Abstaining ____0_____ Absent _____1_______
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Date Mary Jo Spino, Clerk of Legislature
Fiscal Note
There is a balance otherwise unencumbered to the credit of the appropriation to which the expenditure is chargeable and there is a cash balance otherwise unencumbered in the treasury to the credit of the fund from which payment is to be made each sufficient to provide for the obligation herein authorized.
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 010 2001 56080
ACCOUNT TITLE: Grant Fund
Medical Examiner
Other Professional Services
NOT TO EXCEED: $739,830.00
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Date Chief Administrative Officer