Corrections seeks one-month extension with current medical vendor while new contract is finalized

Ren Fox, director of corrections, requested an amendment to extend the county’s personal-services agreement with Navcare/Everhealth for one month—October—while a newly selected vendor’s contract is finalized.

Fox said the county completed a competitive bid and selected a lower bidder, Medeco (a firm based in Virginia), for jail, juvenile, mental-health and medication-assisted-treatment (MAT) services. Because the new contract paperwork would not be ready in time for October, staff requested a one-month extension with the incumbent Navcare/Everhealth. Fox said that extension equates to approximately a 17% increase for jail and juvenile medical services for that month; the mental-health and MAT components remain at the same rate for the extension.

Fox gave September’s total as $208,149 and said the October total under the extension would be about $275,532 for jail, juvenile, mental-health and MAT services combined. He said the new vendor contract with Medeco is in legal review and expected back to the board within weeks for formal approval.

Commissioners did not record a formal vote on the extension in the public transcript; the extension was presented on the consent agenda with staff explanation and the procurement process described.