San Diego County Ivalua #RFP 1399

San Diego County Awards Contract for Polinsky Children's Center Outpatient Behavioral Health Services

San Diego County has awarded a contract for outpatient behavioral health services at the Polinsky Children's Center (PCC), a temporary shelter care facility for children and youth. - Government Buyer: - County of San Diego, Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) - Department of Purchasing and Contracting - Procurement Contracting Officer: Charmaine Portacio - Awarded Vendor: - New Alternatives, Inc. - Services Requested: - Outpatient behavioral health program for children/youth up to age 21 at PCC - Individual, family, and group therapy - Rehabilitation services (including integration in PCC cottages) - Intensive Care Coordination - Medication support (minimum every 4 days) - Crisis support and de-escalation - Screening/assessment within 24 hours of consent - Care coordination with external providers - Culturally and linguistically appropriate staffing (bilingual/bicultural) - Minimum staffing: 2 clinicians and 2 rehab staff - Service hours: Monday–Friday 4–8 pm, plus 4 hours on weekends; 7-days/week coverage - Unique/Notable Requirements: - All services delivered on-site at PCC - Schedules must be coordinated with PCC management - No minimum client age; children under 6 require PCC referral - HHSA Linguistic and Cultural Diversity Plan required - Ancillary one-time start-up funding for new/incumbent providers (must be used within first 90 days) - Option for Medi-Cal certified clinic - Unduplicated client targets may be amended if admission rates decline - Period of Performance: - Initial one-year term with four one-year option periods - Optional incremental extensions (1–6 months) - Place of Performance: - Polinsky Children's Center, 9400 Ruffin Ct, San Diego, CA 92123 - County contracting offices and administrative addresses in San Diego

Description

The County of San Diego is seeking proposals from firms interested in providing outpatient services at the Polinsky Children's Center (PCC), a 10-day temporary shelter care facility. The services include therapeutic support such as individual, family, and group therapy, rehab, intensive care coordination, medication support, and crisis support. The program requires a minimum of two clinicians and two rehab staff to provide services on-site at PCC, with program hours Monday through Friday from 4 to 8 pm and 4 hours on weekends. The contract term is anticipated to be an initial one-year period with four one-year options.

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