ALC-Review

Alright members we're gonna go ahead and get this meeting started Representative Davis is run just a few minutes late today. So if anybody wants to take your seats. All right first of all I'm in need of a motion to suspend the rules we got a supplement engine the item at a motion I got all in favor. Post. All right miss Kathy fuel. Thank you Mr chairman and we'll start with methods of finance those supplemental agenda items will take those up when we get to those on the agenda so the first I a group of items are methods of finance beginning in section B. page one is the letter from DFA office of accounting submitting three that that the finances on today's agenda the first one is the right budget bill this is for the institute for integrative and innovative research programming they are planning to construct a building or group of buildings to create flexible state of the art collaborative home that facilitates integration of research across disciplinary boundaries this will give forty to eighty faculty researchers searchers up place to work out of they know that this is a hundred million dollar project and fifty percent of this will be paid out of university reserves and fifty percent of it is the gift of that gift was from the Walton family foundation and it's part of a hundred ninety four million dollars that they received I also want to point out on this that we're also going to have the alternative delivery method construction project over five million dollars which will be an item see and will also see the design contract on this which you'll be an item three of the second one is UAMS and this is for their surgical annex they are building a new facility on their main campus to add twelve are surgery of facilities within a new center this is eight hundred sixty thousand dollars of the initial in my well to get the design work done on it the overall project they estimate to be somewhere around eighty million dollars they have a university reserves and revenues to fund and then. The third one is also you a message for deferred maintenance minor projects seven point five million dollars that too will be funded through the reserves and revenues of you a mass those are that's not the finance on today's into any questions members not seeing any. Alright say no questions these items be considered review. Mister chairman the next item item to see is the alternative delivery construction project this too is for the institute of integrative an innovative research at the U. of a we talked about that this is going to be a new research facility they received for proposals they interviewed all for who submitted proposals for the project they selected CD I contractors and the design professional that they selected is how off again this is a hundred million dollar project of when it's completion after each of the phases that they plan on working on and again it's the university reserves and gifts funding the project that is the only alternative delivery method the contract we on today's agenda. Any questions members. All right saying none without objection is items consider reviewed. T. one of these are discretionary grants from the health department the first one is for primary care clinics that participate in the Arkansas clinical transformation of they receive subgraphs to employ strategies for clinic redesign and identifying manage high risk patients the number two in three days of the same type of grants they're providing amendments to existing grant that they have two wheel for the Arkansas department health office of oral health for establishing school based see what project in primary schools were student population enrollment in the free or reduced meal program is a minimum of fifty percent in an effort to provide preventive oral health services to underserved children numbers of those so those are all the grants FOR the department of health DHS has grants beginning in the two on the second page numbers one three forty four are all the same and these are for emergency shelter all emergency solution grants these are housing relocation to stabilization services and rental assistance and this is done for families at risk of homelessness to achieve stability and again that is numbers one through fourteen. And number fifteen of three twenty five these are all going to be the same type of grant amendments these are going to be for the state opioid response for medication assisted a treatment to uninsured and underinsured diagnosed individuals with opioid use disorder that takes us through number twenty five and then there are two additional ones that I'll mention on page ten of the ages has con grant number twenty six there which is an amendment that they're doing for state opioid response this subgraph four peers achieving collaborative treatment projects and the last one number twenty seven is to evaluate the state opioid response grants of progress and program outcomes and then all this supplemental agenda if you'll look at item be. And it's item B. one it's a black on the third page of the supplemental packet this was of grant that we got from. From work for services ability. Yes and they have some tenant grant funds and it's for the Arkansas food bank is of a one point nearly seven million dollars from federal tainted funds and this subgraph provides ten of federal funding for the Arkansas at the bank the purpose is to collaborate with entities to provide additional food assistance to low income families with children being served by the USDA child feeding programs in school or at community sites so those are all the grants from the three different agencies on today's agenda. members will go to questions I get C. eighty seven that you senator Ballenger. Should be on at I think I think I know the answer this question but if it on the two item to it's the it's the only one that doesn't have the same language and I just want to verify that it is for the same purposes of of transitional living you know emergency. Air you know that it would basically what is the screen going to is that the same thing as everything else no so why the language different. Okay when is my from DHS come address the question please. In addition to to the committee in thank Mister mark quality just a short answer is yes by the same grants same purposes okay thank you. Right. Any other questions. Third saying none without objection these items be consider reviewed. Mister chairman the next group of items have to do with services contracts packet II first thing is the letter from a list P. for Mister Armstrong any notes that there's a contract on page eighty eight it's contract number two from the department of commerce workforce development and all this there's some question about if it was needed to be reviewed because of current law but the agency wanted to ratify of this contract which began in August our September of last year they wanted to bring it before this committee in order for you all to review it in the event it is ever dating to fall outside of the exemption so when we get to that particular contract all pointed out to you all the other contracts we're deemed okay by the department of office of state procurement construction related contracts the first one is state police they have an amendment to an existing contract this is the contract they have for the for trooper headquarters sites around the state of architectural and engineering services at those four sites number two on the next page this is the design services contract for the up project with you a fable that we talked about the institute for integrative an innovative research project this third one U. I. Fort Smith this is a grant of contract amendment where they receive money from the a and C. R. C. grant and they're working on a house there of. That serves the history in geology programs and they're removing the non historic part of their historic house there on the campus next is UAMS number four this is for their surgical annex we saw the imho elf earlier on this project those are all the construction related contracts. We're gonna questions Representative Wardlaw you're recognized. We have a buy here from state police Mr. Find out think we do. Welcome serve Eunice yourself to the committee. Lindsey Williams I'm a major with state police so with the regulatory division right welcome Mister Williams represent war laws of their path made Williams of. Thanks for being here today on the warrant site I know this contract was for those for new sites that were built it's my understand you guys have a mold issue can you elaborate on that at the moment and I know we had a lot of trouble in you're not met multiple times during construction with different things is this related to those problems and what what are we doing to fix that now with this new bill in. No for this is not related to those and I can elaborate on the the issue a warrant this the change that question was this is related to our head quarters at new port that we're building this is related to a change order for a commercial driver's license testing pay AD they were going to construct and that was decide upon after the construction of the building so this was a change order for that to accommodate and that will allow our services to be to be close together at the at the Newport head quarters and not have to rely on facility that we're renting or leasing at a issue Newport campus so that but as far as the mole problem that Warren we think we have that resolved we've been in there several times over the last several weeks we've had the state mechanical inspectors down here we've had our architects we fed the mechanical engineers there were the design professionals on a project in it seems like it was related to some control settings with the system does have been adjusted now about two weeks ago is when no four were adjusted we have a a report now from the mechanical inspectors that everything looks clear we've not seen you re growth of mold we even put a camera up into the dock work last week wait before in the duct work is clean so we for places ceiling tiles that were molded clean the anything that had any any evidence of mold on it so we think the problem is resolved now thank you. Thank you Mr. Thank you Mr Williams thank you. Any other questions members. Seeing none these items may consider reviewed without objection. Mister chairman the next group of contracts are in a government inter governmental contracts beginning on a item easy to page four of the E. packet the first one is career add department are this is for maintenance and minor enhancements to the H. H. data system for managing applications for Perkins project money for that campus next is economic development commission this is for would you a a mass all this is a contract to the original contract for implementation of broad brand infrastructure construction awards number three is DHS for medication assisted treatment services using state opioid response funds number four on page five is DHS with UAMS this is for the state opioid response medication assisted treatment recovery initiative of Arkansas rule communities and project echo of program for that number five is DHS with the university of Arkansas medical sciences in this is an amendment to an existing contract also for treatment of opioid use disorder in under served pregnant adolescent and adult women thirteen years of age and older with opioid use disorder living in rural Arkansas number six is DHS this is with you a mess also it's an amendment to an existing contract to alleviate social and emotional learning in Arkansas number seven on the next pages DHS with the you a cooperative extension of this is to continue their supplemental assistance program nutrition education services contract number eight DHS with U. A L. R. this is for services to perform data collection reporting in compliance with the office of juvenile justice and delinquency prevention act to the that requires the state to collect and analyze the. Data on on racial and ethnic ethnic disparities those are the inter governmental contracts on today's agenda. Any questions on inter governmental contracts. Current seeing none without objection these items may consider reviewed. The next group of contracts of the out of state contracts beginning on page eight agriculture department has one for soul fumigation services department of commerce has the second one there for of this is the one that I mentioned that was in Mister Armstrong's letter that they would the original contract again in September of two thousand nineteen and this is a contract for engaging in partner and sponsor development focused on driving improved employer engagement on registered apprenticeship program opportunities that need to a car because of their inherent value to business strategies number three is DFA management services maintenance and support of the integrated revenue systems of processing all tax administered by the DFA all driver's license drivers testing and permit some vehicle registrations and titling as role it as well as revenue collected through these processes on the next idea DFI rising up for drug testing services for their veterinary services number five is the education department for PS A. F. T. maps project number six of this is the health department with center for disease detection for pap tests performed by the company a number seven is DHS with computer aided cooperated to initiate a contract for information technologies infrastructure support for DHS number eight is DHS for pain day make emergency benefits fund it scope to electronic benefits transfer services contract number nine is DHS contract with the law right Uh this is the continuation of their information technology consulting services contract number ten is information systems of this is for. Or critical start marching services with the providing twenty four seven notification and threat response number eleven of homepage eleven is information systems and this is for the the state wide voice over internet protocol deployment assistance number twelve is insurance department FOR actuary contracts of number thirteen is the military department they're providing emergency management program coordinator services that did amendment to that existing contract number fourteen also military department FOR position of the Arkansas National Guard anti triggered a terrorism program could nor coordinator this is a contract for that and then number fifteen also the military department FOR nursing services number sixteen is sentencing commission the this is the contract that they do for the ten year population projection of adult correctional populations in state custody and community server supervision property locations number seven teen this is actually a construction contracted should been sought shown earlier but it's UAMS and it is for the Walter P. Moore and associates to development and design coordination of input that is consistent with the others. A intentions this is for construction of their parking deck of that they're building number eighteen is work for services this is defined in school after school and summer program for high poverty children and youth throughout the state and if you don't mind will look at the supplemental agenda the first one of eighty one which was a contracted out of state contract for you a Fort Smith daisy have the Recently in January did an RFP for their dining services contract and rewarding to a new vendor which required a new contract so this is their of contract with chart wells for two hundred nine thousand one hundred eighty one dollars and it's for food service and funded through state in phase so that that the additional out of state contract those are all of the out of state contracts on today's agenda. Davis Cathy we're gonna questions and think Senator English as you. So I'd like to go back to number ten. The information systems could the consumer tell me what this critical start monitoring services. What it what is that monitoring workstations and servers to provide twenty four seven notification and threat response what is that. I will see we get somebody here that can answer that. This is a in Purvis at chief of staff I'm just gonna feel into they get to the table but basically what it is is is our in point monitoring system which that means all the devices that are hooked up to the state network this the methodology for us to monitor it on a twenty four seven basis to see if there's anything that trying to and to penetrate our systems of those kind of night this is there a cyber security. Okay all right. This is a yearly contract yes it is. Hello we had we've had it because of an incident that we had last summer we really wanted to have a enterprise solution to cyber security so we instituted a last summer okay thank you. Thank you. Is my here from the racing commission. Yes I get quick question if you don't mind on item for. The green light on. Say it again please Byron free land all right thank you Sir on this contract at the notices says its funds for canine testing. at pretty sure if I remember right the Southland his phased out their canine racing so I'm just curious why we still have this item I believe that race now of I'm doing this from memory through twenty twenty one okay so there's there's a contract or agreement in place in writing and they. Dog owners in kennel owners new track here one agreed in my memories since the end of twenty one I know it's not it's not in twenty. So okay all right so they are still races and all right they are all right thank you they were down a little bit because of the crown fires for their back racing again understand alright thank you Sir thank you. Reserve Eubanks recognized. Thank you Mr chair I got a quick question on number nine all right. The agency against this. The gentleman entered issue selves again please. Thank Mister mark white with DHS. Jeff dean DHS. It says the original contract was not reviewed by LC why why was that. I can give a little history and then Jeff may what what after that this was a contract is brought to L. C. after A we went through procurement process until it was chosen I think there is some disagreement about how that process operated and they'll see the time declined to review. I recall that thank you. Good okay reserve banks thank you any other questions on this item. Jean. Represent Dotson. Thank you Mr chair just on that same note this is an amendment for an additional twenty four million dollars I'm trying to remember this is the one that I was thinking it was I mean after you're saying that Was the ridge the regional contracts for seventy five million for five years or three years for three years so were it has been three years since that happened it it comes up in September so yes Sir three is a seven ounce another twenty five Mar twenty four million dollars per year extension every year for the next up to seven years I'm yes correct in the contracted to replace list thirty million dollars a year so acts that were run in six million under what it was previously okay thank you for the repression. Thank you other questions on the side of. By seeing none thank you Jim and any other questions on the on the. A state contracts. Seeing none without objection these items be consider reviewed. Mister chairman next group for the in state contracts E. for beginning on page fourteen of the E. packet the first when there's community correction for measurement and verification of their energy savings performance contract number two is correction department Todd this is for pest control services number three pest control services another contract for corrections department number four is the health department FOR stroke registry medical record abstraction services number five health department for non I. T. technical support number six is DHS on this is that a conference of substance abuse treatment services program amendment. Number seven also is the comprehensive substance abuse treatment services amendment to an existing contract number eight is U. A L. R. with the Arkansas foundation for medical care for data collection this is a part of the prescription drug overdose prevention grant and number nine as you a P. B. of for facility security equipment and related services to be installed and serviced on the university campus those are all of the in state contracts. Members any questions on the in state contracts. Right seeing none without objection these items may consider reviewed. Mister chairman the next items we have on the agenda reports the first one F. one beginning in the elf package this is a report of contracts previously reviewed by this the committee that the of amount of the contract to the in terms or not changing they're just renewing for the same amount that you've reviewed in the previous year of so that's the first report the second report F. two this is the report of contracts that are under the threshold either the annual threshold or the lifetime of the contract threshold so that's what these contracts for that report number three F. three this is a critical emergency procurements and now this is something we've had several of these recently due to covet F. three these are critical emergency procurement that are being reported to the committee I do want to point out that number seven I believe it is number six number seven of the one for General Dynamics we sell this last month for the contract contact tracing along with the other contract that they had for contact racing this was just inadvertently put back in of so that's the critical emergency contracts and then we have a report we actually have a June and July report these are emergency purchases reports and these all had to do with of. Calvin types of things date I had trouble pulling this report and so they they they've worked out all those problems so they caught at the gate this June and July there are a number over the past two months they include emergency items needed for Calvin including food for the National Guard when they had to help the state police out for the quarantine facility that the health department did including cleaning security the temp staff an additional call center staff of they include a lot of lab services PP for DHS corrections another of state agencies lab services and equipment translators except or a so that is a report of all of the emergency purchases that have been made and being reported to us by the office of state procurement those are all of the items on today's agenda. I will have to review reports to. All right seeing no questions on reports in no further business manager thank you.