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Single Feasible Source Purchase
| Title: |
| Cannabis Prevention and Education Media Campaign |
| Description: |
| The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services desires to establish a single feasible contract with the Rescue Agency Public Benefit, LLC (Rescue) for services pertaining to a statewide research-based cannabis prevention and education media campaign aimed to: |
1. Target rural and urban youth under twenty-one (21) providing data-backed information on how and why cannabis use can affect adolescent brain development and interfere with and impact their values, motives, and ambitions, and
2. Target adults twenty-one (21) and older, providing state-specific information on the laws and regulations regarding cannabis use and consumption and safe use and hard reduction strategies to enhance the public’s understanding of laws and health risks around cannabis.
Rescue Agency Public Benefit LLC, is the only feasible source because they are the only vendor who has provided a comprehensive statewide cannabis prevention and education medical campaign in Missouri to reach both of these target markets through their proprietary foundational cannabis research across the US and their proprietary campaigns “Let’s Talk Cannabis”, “Unfazed”, and “Quit the Hit”. These evidence-based campaigns were created to educate parents, guardians, mentors and youth on the effects of cannabis and prevent underage cannabis use. By the Department of Health and Senior Services utilizing Rescue’s campaigns, they ensure credible and culturally relevant information specifically catered to the State of Missouri, while also promoting consistent primary prevention messages across the shifting cannabis landscape nationwide. These campaigns have also been implemented in many states where non-medical cannabis use is legal.
According to RSMo 34.044, a single feasible source can be utilized when the product/service requirement is proprietary and only available from a single provider. As a result, this represents a proprietary requirement that meets the criteria as a single feasible source under RSMo 34.044 and the State is pursuing this acquisition as a Single Feasible Source.
| Contract Period: |
| Effective Date of Contract through June 30, 2026 |
| Renewal Options: |
| 2 one-year renewal options |
| Agency: |
| Department of Health and Senior Services |
| Supplier: |
| Rescue Agency Public Benefit LLC |
| E-Mail: |
| Ariel.Bradford@oa.mo.gov |
| and |
| purchmail@oa.mo.gov |
| Requisition No.: |
| RQ002500215 |
| SFS No.: |
| STATE PURCHASE-FY25-0203-SL |