DEPARTMENT: Community Services Administration
FILE TYPE: Consent Action
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Authorization To Execute Contract With Collaborative Safety, LLC For Safety Training
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WHEREAS, promoting the safety and well-being of staff and the people we serve is a priority for the Community Services Division (CSD); and
WHEREAS, to support this work, the CSD seeks approval to contract with Collaborative Safety, LLC in a total not to exceed amount of $204,000, for the period upon date of execution through December 31, 2025; and
WHEREAS, Collaborative Safety, LLC will provide a series of structured trainings and coaching to CSD staff and leaders aimed at building and maintaining a culture of safety throughout the division using the Collaborative Safety Model; and
WHEREAS, founded in Safety Science, the Collaborative Safety Model helps organizations move away from using reactionary approaches to fix things that go wrong because evidence suggests such approaches may make people and organizations less safe; and
WHEREAS, instead, the Collaborative Safety Model emphasizes the importance of understanding and addressing underlying systemic issues that contribute to poor outcomes or safety incidents; and
WHEREAS, it focuses on understanding how staff make decisions in an organizational setting as well as understanding how managers and supervisors shape employee performance to achieve successful outcomes; and
WHEREAS, Collaborative Safety, LLC is the only vendor staff was able to identify that offers comprehensive training on the application of safety science within human services organizations; and
WHEREAS, the proposed contract with Collaborative Safety, LLC is being pursued as a single source procurement with pricing determined to be fair and reasonable through validation with the Minnesota Department of Health and other Minnesota county agencies that have contracted with the same vendor for similar scope; and
WHEREAS, if approved, the contract with Co...
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