COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL
| JULY 30, 2020 | 9A
Contractors sought to support COVID-19 testing at long-term care facilities
The Oregon Department
of Human Services (DHS)
and Oregon Health Author-
ity (OHA) are putting the
call out for organizations
interested in helping the
state implement its state-
wide 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 a statute, ORS
279B.080, that allows for
emergency procurement of
services.
The RFA, which clos-
es July 31, 2021, seeks
applicants that can per-
form specimen collection
and diagnostic testing for
COVID-19 infection in Or-
egon as part of the state’s
effort to test all long-term
care facility staff and offer
testing to all residents by
Sept. 30.
Although the closing date
for the RFA is July 31, 2021,
OHA plans to enter into
contracts with approved ap-
plicants as soon as possible
and on an ongoing basis to
meet multiple testing ser-
vice needs of Oregonians
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 appli-
cation requirements and at-
tachments, can be accessed
and downloaded from
ORPIN website, http://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 facility
will test all staff and offer
testing to all residents. This
phase, which began in late
June and concludes by Sept.
30, covers more than 680
large long-term care facili-
ties statewide, which com-
bined provide care for an
estimated 31,000 residents
and employ 29,000 staff.
Facilities may begin test-
ing whenever they are ready
to do so. In addition, any
resident or staff member
who can be documented as
having been tested on, or af-
ter June 1, 2020, will count
toward the goal of having
all staff and residents tested
at least once by Sept. 30.
Once a facility completes
an initial round of compre-
hensive testing, they will
need to develop and im-
plement a plan for ongoing
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 limited to
laboratory testing, counsel-
ing, billing and reporting,
as well as related services at
residential care and possi-
bly other facilities through-
out Oregon.”
Contractors must also
present plans and opera-
tional procedures for spec-
imen collection sites, and
plan for providing medical
consultation before spec-
imen collection and after
receiving results.
They also must maintain
patient confidentiality, ob-
tain appropriate consent
for testing, ensure staff, pa-
tients and contractors are
protected from COVID-19,
and provide required per-
sonal protective 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 turn-
around time of seven days.
However, the state is aim-
ing for a turnaround time of
between 24 and 48 hours.
SCHOOLS from A8
cases that cannot be
traced and contained.”
While student safety
needs to be taken into
consideration,
Curtis
said that returning to
in-person instruction
will have a notable im-
pact on the quality of ed-
ucation as well.
“We all want to get kids
back in school as soon as
possible,” she said. “We
know we can do our best
teaching and learning
when students are in the
school with us.”
Curtis said she feels
that a community ef-
fort can see this happen
by bringing COVID-19
cases down.
“So, to me it’s very
simple: make sure we
abide by social distanc-
ing, washing our hands
often and wearing our
face coverings and
masks,” she said. “And
it’s dependent on wheth-
er everybody is taking
responsibility for doing
that together.”
Starting today (July
30), the district will be-
gin outreach efforts to
collect information and
community feedback on
steps moving forward.
“We want to know
what we can do to help
support parents, families
and guardians in ensur-
ing their students get
the education they need
– and what we can do to
ensure care and connec-
tion,” said Curtis.
More information on
the school district’s plans
can be found online at
www.slane.k12.or.us.
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