DEPARTMENT
Senior Services
REQUESTED ACTION (Identify appropriate Action or Motion, purpose, cost, timeframe, etc.)
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Request approval of the lowest responsible bidder - Department of Senior Services, 21ITB000028A-CJC, Indigent Burial Services in the amount of $418,750.00 with Mutual Meadows (Peachtree Corners, GA), to provide dignified professional burial services as a last resort for any deceased person declared indigent or unclaimed County resident if the death occurred within Fulton County. Effective January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2022 with two renewal options. (APPROVED)
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REQUIREMENT FOR BOARD ACTION (Cite specific Board policy, statute or code requirement)
In accordance with Purchasing Code Section 102-373, all competitive sealed bids of more than $49,999.99 shall be forwarded to the Board of Commissioners for approval.
STRATEGIC PRIORITY AREA RELATED TO THIS ITEM (If yes, note strategic priority area below)
Health and Human Services
COMMISSION DISTRICTS AFFECTED
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IS THIS A PURCHASING ITEM?
Yes
SUMMARY & BACKGROUND
The Department of Senior Services recommends Mutual Meadows Inc. to provide Indigent Burial Services for Fulton County deceased Indigent persons.
Scope of Work: Provide interment and cremation services for the indigent to include cemetery plots, furnishing of gravesites, cement vault, opening and closing of grave, lowering services, cremation and interment of cremains and perpetual care. This is done in accordance with the Georgia Cemetery Act (O.C.G.A. 110-14-1 et. Seq.), keeping of adequate records of all such internments and providing of normal maintenance care which all lot owners receive. The gravesites are located at Lakeside Memorial Gardens Cemetery, 7720 Ono Road, Palmetto, GA 30268. Indigent persons are typically people with no family, no assets, and no money that are left to the local government to administer funeral a...
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