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Contractors sought to support COVID-19 testing at long-term care facilities
SALEM—The Oregon
Department of Human
Services (DHS) and Or-
egon Health Authority
(OHA) are putting the call
out for organizations inter-
ested in helping the state
implement its statewide
plan to test all staff and
residents of long-term care
facilities.
The request for applica-
tions (RFA) that OHA is-
sued Monday is authorized
as part of Gov. Kate Brown’s
March 8 emergency decla-
ration under statute ORS
279B.080 that allows for
emergency procurement of
services. The RFA, which
closes July 31, 2021, seeks
applicants that can per-
form specimen collection
and diagnostic testing for
COVID-19 infection in
Oregon as part of the state’s
effort to test all long-term
care facility staff and offer
testing to all residents by
September 30, 2020.
Although the closing
date for the RFA is in 2021,
OHA plans to enter into
contracts with approved
applicants as soon as pos-
sible and on an ongoing
basis to meet multiple test-
ing service needs of Or-
egonians throughout the
duration of the COVID-19
pandemic.
Bringing on additional
test-service contractors will
allow for faster implemen-
tation of the plan, which
launched in late June.
The RFA, including ap-
plication
requirements
and attachments, can be
accessed and downloaded
from ORPIN website, or-
pin.oregon.gov/open.dll/
welcome, and specifically
from ORPIN Opportunity
#OHA-5050-20.
The plan is being imple-
mented in two phases. In
the first phase, every facil-
ity will test all staff and of-
fer testing to all residents.
This phase, which began in
late June and concludes by
Sept. 30, covers more than
680 large long-term care
facilities statewide, which
combined provide care for
an estimated 31,000 resi-
dents and employ 29,000
staff. Facilities may begin
testing whenever they are
ready to do so.
In addition, any resident
or staff member who can
be documented as having
been tested on, or after
June 1, 2020, will count to-
ward the goal of having all
staff and residents tested at
least once by Sept. 30, 2020.
Once a facility completes
an initial round of com-
prehensive testing, they
will need to develop and
implement a plan for ongo-
ing monitoring and testing,
including testing all staff at
least once per month.
Facilities’ plans for this
ongoing staff testing, which
is the second phase of the
plan, will be approved by
the DHS Office of Aging
and People with Disabili-
ties, with implementation
required to begin within 30
days of completing the first
round of testing.
According to the RFP,
contractors must supply
“sufficient, qualified pro-
fessionals and services to
operate COVID-19 spec-
imen collection and other
optional related services,
including but not limit-
ed to laboratory testing,
counseling, billing and re-
porting, as well as related
services at residential care
and possibly other facilities
throughout Oregon.”
Contractors must also
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ceive service. The Assess-
ment & Taxation phone
assistance hours are from
10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday
to Thursday.
Questions can be sub-
mitted via email to asses-
sor@lanecountyor.gov.
Tax payments can be made
by telephone at 1-833-819-
5119, as well as online at
www.lanecounty.org/AT.
If needed, appointments
are also an option.
By the end of July, As-
sessment & Taxation will
also have completed the
installation of a perma-
nent property tax pay-
ment box on Pearl Street
in Eugene between Sev-
enth and Eighth avenues.
The box, next to the ballot
drop box, will allow resi-
dents to make their pay-
ments without entering
the building.
For more information
about the services offered
by Lane County Assess-
ment & Taxation, visit
www.lanecounty.org/AT.
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& Taxation has reopened
its service counter on Tues-
days and Thursdays from
10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Employees assisting cus-
tomers at the service count-
er will wear face coverings.
Customers must also wear
face coverings. Disposable
face coverings are available
for customers who do not
have their own.
Additionally, employees
and customers will be sep-
arated by a glass barrier.
“We have statutory dead-
lines that we must meet
and part of our ability to do
so relies on being able to
work with our residents,”
said Lane County Assessor
Mike Cowles. “Not every-
one has access to online
services, and not every
question or issue can be re-
solved from a distance. We
are doing everything we
can to provide services in a
safe way.”
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time of between 24 and 48
hours.
A copy of the long-term
care testing plan rules is-
sued on July 15, 2020, may
be found at www.oregon.
gov.
For the DHS lists of
state-licensed
long-term
care facilities reporting
COVID-19 cases or tests
pending on suspected cases,
visit www.oregon.gov/DHS/
COVID-19/Pages/LTC-
Facilities.aspx.
For the most recent
OHA COVID-19 Week-
ly Report, which includes
cases at long-term care fa-
cilities, visit www.oregon.
gov/oha/.
Other COVID-19 re-
sources and information is
available at govstatus.egov.
com/OR-OHA-COVID-19
and govstatus.egov.com/
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imen collection sites, and
plan for providing medical
consultation before spec-
imen collection and after
receiving results. They also
must maintain patient con-
fidentiality, obtain appro-
priate consent for testing,
ensure staff, patients and
contractors are protected
from COVID-19, and pro-
vide required personal pro-
tective equipment (PPE).
In addition, contractors
will gather patient demo-
graphic data such as race,
ethnicity, language and dis-
ability.
Finally, according to the
RFA, the state “is looking
for the fastest turnaround
time of (test) results to sup-
port contact tracing,” with
a maximum acceptable
turnaround time of seven
days. However, the state is

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