so miss acubo. >> good morning, supervisors, i'm the deputy financial officer and the department of publichealth and this is a new contract for methadone and opiate replacement services and this contract resulted from an r.f.p., but they are an existing contractor and a very long-term provider of methadone services. this contract we are requesting retroactive to july 1st and the reason that we're requesting retroactivity is that the contract was delayed primarily because of the implementation of o.d.s. which is a new drug medical, it's opiate delivery -- sorry -- what is o.d.s.? organizational delivery system. it's a new drug medical program and some of the delays associated with this contract were federal and state issues associated with o.d.s. and then also our process took a little longer than we expected. the contractor has been paid through the current period and that's through an interim contract. so if you have any questions we're available to answer. >> supervisor kim: thank you so much. and at this time we'll move to the b.l.a. report on this item. >> supervisors, proposed resolut

so miss acubo. >> good morning, supervisors, i'm the deputy financial officer and the department of publichealth and this is a new contract for methadone and opiate replacement services and this contract resulted from an r.f.p., but they are an existing contractor and a very long-term provider of methadone services. this contract we are requesting retroactive to july 1st and the reason that we're requesting retroactivity is that the bentract was delayed primarily