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Delaware statewide child care market-rate survey and cost-of-care analysis

Delaware’s Division of Social Services is seeking a contractor to study child care market rates and provider costs statewide. - Government buyer: Delaware Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS), Division of Social Services (DSS); statewide scope. - Procurement: Professional services for the Local Child Care Market Rate Survey and Cost of Care Analysis (HSS-27-012). No physical products, quantities, OEMs, or named vendors are specified. - Work requested: - Attempt a census of eligible Delaware child care providers and collect private-pay rates and federally required provider information. - Estimate provider operating costs at base and State-defined quality levels; analyze participation barriers and amounts charged above family copayments. - Compare provider prices and costs with Purchase of Care reimbursement, including gap and scenario analyses. - Deliver an integrated public report, an independently usable cost-estimation model, underlying data, briefings, technical support, knowledge transfer, and closeout materials. - Notable requirements: Use statistically reliable methods, engage providers and partners, coordinate with concurrent data collection, and ensure non-public State data is handled only in the United States. Alternative-methodology support is optional and separately priced; an additional value-added task may also be proposed. - Performance period: Anticipated one-year base term from contract execution, with one optional one-year renewal. The final report is expected about 12 months after execution; technical support continues for six months after report acceptance.

Description

The Delaware Division of Social Services seeks professional services to conduct a local child care market rate survey and cost of care analysis of Delaware child care providers. The contractor will survey eligible providers about private-pay rates, estimate provider operating costs at basic and higher quality levels, and collect additional information required by federal rules. Work also includes comparing costs and prices with Delaware payments and delivering a public report, a cost estimation tool for DSS, and the underlying data. Proposals are due November 20, 2026, at 1:00 PM local time.

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