§) THE CITY OF NASHUA "The Gate City"
Dyvrston of Pubtic Health and Community Services
Community Services Department
June 7, 2016
To: John Griffin, CFO; Daniel Kooken, Purchasing Manager
From: Bobbie Bagley, Director, DPHCS
Subject: Renewal of Humane Society Contract for FY17
The Humane Society for Greater Nashua Corporation (HSFN), has provided
shelter, pound, isolation and quarantine services for the City of
Nashua. HSFN has been the provider of these services for the City for
over 20 years.
Nashua Revised Ordinances section 93-7 states, “The Mayor, with the
assistance and cooperation of the Dog Officer, shall select a suitable
‘place of confinement for impounded animals and those held under
suspicion of rabies and after biting.” HSFN has a proven record of
providing impoundment and quarantine services. It has the facility
space to accommodate the needs of the City of Nashua’s Pound, and the
HSFN staff has worked closely with the City’s staff throughout the
years to develop sound policies and procedures to adequately provide
efficient and effective methods of handling impoundment and quarantine
services.
The Division of Public Health and Community Services, Environmental
Health Department and the Nashua Police Department Animal Control
Officer work closely with HSFN and oversee the contract deliverables
and communications with HSFN.
The attached contract is effective July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017
in the amount of $99,081, to be paid in equal monthly installments.
Services include shelter for dogs, cats, rabbits and various other
small animals, adoption of stray animals, veterinary services for
stray animals surrendered to the HSFN, owner location of stray
animals, quarantine of unvaccinated dogs and cats which have bit a
human or another animal, and processing of animals found to be
positive for rabies.
In accordance with § 5-84 A (4) Special Purchasing Procedures for
Sole Source Procurements, the Division of Public Health recommends
that the centract with HSFN lecated at 24 Ferry Road, Nashua, NH, be
renewed for an additional year.
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