New York State Contract Reporter #RFP 26-005

New York State seeks providers for statewide SIST treatment services

New York State is seeking qualified providers for community-based Strict and Intensive Supervision and Treatment (SIST) services for people under court-ordered supervision. - Buyer: New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH), Central Office; statewide coverage. - OEMs and vendors: No product manufacturers, OEMs, or prospective service vendors are named. New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS), the Association for the Treatment and Prevention of Sexual Abuse (ATSA), and the Office of General Services (OGS) are referenced in connection with coordination, professional standards, or pricing—not as bidders. - Services requested: Sex-offense-specific individual and group treatment, intake evaluations, treatment plans and updates, risk assessments, progress reports, clinical documentation, multidisciplinary meetings, coordination with OMH, DOCCS, parole officers and other providers, and court testimony when required. Telehealth and interpreter services may also be needed. - Cost worksheet items: Individual, group, applied life-skills individual, pro-social decision-making group, and family sessions; conference calls; meetings; report writing; acute or stable risk assessments; collateral contacts; intake appointments; evaluations; affinity measures of sexual interest; penile plethysmography; complex care; crisis management; second-clinician costs; SIST travel status; MetroCards; court testimony; and interpreter services. Session fees include 60- and 90-minute options where specified; quantities are not provided. - Notable requirements: Providers must have an advanced clinical degree and appropriate New York State licensure, follow ATSA standards and the SIST Provider Requisite Agreement, use cognitive-behavioral and risk-needs-responsivity approaches, monitor client risk, and promptly report heightened risks or significant concerns. Acute-2007 risk assessments are described as monthly; Stable-2007 assessment frequency differs across the source documents. Treatment commonly includes individual and group sessions several times weekly, depending on client need. - Program context: Supervision conditions may include GPS monitoring, polygraph monitoring, residence requirements, restrictions on contact with identified past or potential victims, and participation in treatment. - Term and pricing: The anticipated service period is five years, with no option years specified. Fees are requested through the cost worksheet; specified additional costs require prior approval, and interpreter fees are capped at applicable OGS contract pricing.

Description

The New York State Office of Mental Health seeks proposals for Strict and Intensive Supervision and Treatment (SIST) services. SIST supports community-based management of people who have been determined by a court to have a mental abnormality and are not deemed to require civil confinement, using mandatory sex offense-specific treatment and intensive supervision. Court-issued conditions may include GPS tracking, polygraph monitoring, residence requirements, restrictions on contact with identified victims, and participation in treatment sessions. Proposals will continue to be reviewed quarterly after the initial response review date of November 13, 2026.

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