DCF SS 2122 009 TBRI PUR 7778.pdf

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NOTICE OF INTENDED DECISION

TO ENTER INTO A SINGLE SOURCE CONTRACT

(PUR 7778)

This Notice of Intended Decision to Enter into a Single Source Contract is posted in accordance with Section 287.057(3), Florida Statutes.

AGENCY: Florida Department of Children & Families

TITLE: Trust Based Relational Intervention Short description of the commodity or service desired: Trust-Based Relational Intervention® (TBRI®) - Practitioner Training is an intervention for caregivers of children who have faced abuse, neglect, and/or other trauma. This program is designed to be highly engaging and is delivered in-person by certified practitioners.

CONTACT

Name: Jessica Koburger Address: 2415 North Monroe Street Suite 300, N324, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0700 Telephone: 850-661-4407 Email: jessica.koburger@myflffamilies.com

Internal tracking number, if any: DCF SS 2122 009 DMS Single Source number, if applicable:

Date posted: 6/7/2022 Time posted: 2:15 p.m.

Commodity or Contractual Service (commodity or United Nation Standard Products and Services Code (UNSPSC), manufacturer, model, and description, as appropriate):

T86000000 Education and Training Services 86101800 In service training and manpower development 86132000 Management education and training services 85911000 Psychotherapy and counseling services 85921300 Psychotherapy and counseling

Requestor (division, bureau, office, individual, as appropriate):

Office of Child and Family Well-Being

Performance and/or Design Requirements (intended use, function or application, compatibility, requirements; reference to policy, rule, statute or other act of the Legislature, as appropriate):

Trust-Based Relational Intervention® (TBRI®) – Practitioner Training is an intervention for caregivers of children who have faced abuse, neglect, and/or other trauma. This program is designed to be highly interactive and is delivered in-person by certified practitioners. TBRI®- Practitioner Training uses an attachment-based and trauma-informed approach. It aims to provide parents and caregivers with the tools needed to meet the needs of these children. The training emphasizes three core principles: (1) TBRI® Connecting Principles, which focus on building trust and positive relationships between caregivers and children; (2) TBRI® Empowering Principles, which focus on addressing children’s physical and environmental needs and building

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children’s self-regulation skills; and (3) TBRI® Correcting Principles, which focus on building children’s social competencies

Intended Single Source:

The Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development

Price:

$544,400.00

Justification for Single Source Purchase (what is necessary and unique about the commodity, contractual service, or source; steps taken to confirm unavailability of competition, as appropriate):

The Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA) Foster Home Sub-Committee has identified Trust-Based Relational Intervention® (TBRI®) as an evidence-based service to be offered to the new Level II enhanced foster parents. This procurement is a single source because these training services are not available from another vendor. This service is listed on the Title IV-E Prevention Services Clearinghouse as a promising practice. TBRI® Practitioner training is a proprietary intervention that has been registered and developed by The Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development. TBRI® is the only identified training specifically for caregivers that is based on the Trust Based Relational Therapy. There are no other known models that are designed for caregivers that are based around the core principals of TBRI®.

Approved By (names & titles, as appropriate, e.g., requestor, requestor management, information systems, budget, purchasing):

Ashley Dowdy, Contracts and Grants Manager Supervisor Holly Merrick, Budget Manager Kimberly McMahon, Chief of Solicitations Administration Thomas Valentine, Assistant General Counsel Sean Garner, Deputy Assistant Secretary Jess Tharpe, Assistant Secretary for Child and Family Well-Being Sharron Washington, Assistant Secretary for Operations

Failure to file a protest within the time prescribed in Section 120.57(3), Florida Statutes, or failure to file a bond or other security within the time allowed for filing a bond, shall constitute a waiver of proceedings under Chapter 120, Florida Statutes.