{"id":"MET-SEA-051","kind":"order","level":"county","jurisdiction":"Snohomish County, Washington (Snohomish Health District)","state":"WA","metro":"SEA","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Christopher Spitters, MD, MPH, Interim Health Officer, Snohomish Health District","authority":"RCW 70.05.070; Snohomish Health District Purchasing Policy (Nov. 9, 2011)","instrument":"Health Officer\u0027s Order No. 20-056: Declaration of Public Health Emergency and Suspension of Formal Bidding Requirements","title":"Health Officer\u0027s Order No. 20-056","dateIssued":"2020-03-04","effective":"2020-03-04","end":"\u0027until terminated by subsequent order\u0027","startDate":"2020-03-04","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["EMER"],"addressees":["Snohomish Health District; the public of Snohomish County"],"clause":"[OCR:] NOW, THEREFORE, it is hereby DECLARED and ORDERED as follows: 1. The spread of COVID-19 and the effort to combat it and suppress its impacts to persons in Snohomish County requires extraordinary measures and constitutes a public health emergency. A public health emergency is hereby DECLARED to exist. 2. It is further ORDERED that formal purchasing and bidding requirements and public notice requirements for purchase of supplies, equipment, or personal services are hereby suspended and waived for expenditures related to COVID-19. This order shall remain in effect until terminated by subsequent order.","enforcement":"Health Officer order under RCW 70.05.070","functions":["predicate for the District\u0027s later orders"],"notes":"Recites 8 cases and 1 death in Snohomish County and the District Operations Center\u0027s activation on Jan. 20, 2020 for the nation\u0027s first case. The Snohomish Health District Board of Health adopted Resolution No. 20-06 declaring a public health emergency on Mar. 10, 2020 (recited in MET-SEA-052).","sourceUrl":"https://www.snohd.org/DocumentCenter/View/3396/HO-Order-20-056-Declaration-of-Emergency_COVID-19","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":805615,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-SEA","url":"/library/MET-SEA-051","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-SEA-051","citation":"Christopher Spitters, MD, MPH, Interim Health Officer, Snohomish Health District, Health Officer\u0027s Order No. 20-056: Declaration of Public Health Emergency and Suspension of Formal Bidding Requirements (Mar. 4, 2020) (Ex. MET-SEA-051)","stateName":"Washington","related":["MET-SEA-052","MET-SEA-043"]}