DCF SS 2526 077_PUR 7778 v8.pdf

PUR 7776 (Revised 07/2022) Incorporated by Reference: Rule 60A-1.045, F.A.C.

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 Rule 60A-1.045, Florida Administrative Code, and section 120.57(3), Florida Statutes.

Commodity or Contractual Service : 93141506 - Social welfare services

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

Department of Children and Families, Office of Quality and Innovation, Office of Licensing

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

The provider must be able to provide statewide administrative infrastructure support services for recruitment and retention activities of foster and adoptive parents and operate a FAST Helpline for foster, adoptive, or shelter parents who need information or referral services or are the subjects of an abuse investigation.

Intended Single Source: Florida State Foster/Adoptive Parent Association, Inc.

Price: $172,364 per year.

Justification for single source acquisition (what is necessary and unique about the product, service or source; steps taken to confirm unavailability of competition, as appropriate):

The Florida State Foster/Adoptive Parent Association (FloridaFAPA) is the only statewide membership group who automatically registers all foster and adoptive parents in Florida.

FloridaFAPA members possess the expertise to be successful in providing statewide and local services. This contract will provide infrastructure services to the Department by supporting critical foster and adoptive parent recruitment and retention efforts, statewide and local services for foster

AGENCY: Department of Children and Families, Substance Abuse and Mental Health

TITLE: Florida State Foster/Adoptive Parent Association (FloridaFAPA) Short description of the commodity or service desired: The Department intends to contract with Florida State Foster/Adoptive Parent Association, Inc for administrative support for the Foster/Adoptive Parent Association and the FAST Helpline information and referral services.

CONTACT:

Name: Alicia Reifinger Address: 2415 North Monroe Street Telephone: See below email address Email: Alicia.Reifinger@myflfamilies.com

Internal tracking Number, if any: DCF SS 2526 077

Date posted: 5/19/2026 Time Posted: 1:00 PM mailto:Alicia.Reifinger@myflfamilies.com

PUR 7776 (Revised 07/2022) Incorporated by Reference: Rule 60A-1.045, F.A.C.

and adoptive parents, and direct operation of the Foster Parent Allegation Support Team (FAST) Helpline. The services include but are not limited to, the operation of the FAST statewide toll-free Helpline (which is exclusively) made available to foster, adoptive, and shelter parents who are being investigated for child abuse or are in need of information and referral services. Additional services also include travel to local and national meetings for networking, training and information sharing; publication and mailing of quarterly newsletters; recruitment and retention of foster and adoptive parents; and provision of speakers and brochures for an annual statewide conference for Florida foster and adoptive parents. They also provide recruitment efforts that brings in new families with a variety of skills and strengths. FloridaFAPA provides effective foster parent support to assist in the retention of existing families. Retention efforts are key to maintaining not only capable and skilled families, but assuring that Florida’s families are experienced, resilient and successful in fostering and adopting.

The services required are not general training or outreach services; rather, they are specialized, statewide foster/adoptive caregiver support, engagement, and peer-informed statewide training services that require: (1) an existing statewide membership organization serving foster, adoptive, relative, and non-relative caregivers; (2) established infrastructure for coordination with local caregiver associations throughout Florida; (3) demonstrated integration with the Department’s child-welfare system and caregiver support framework; and (4) operational capacity to provide specialized foster parent allegation support and advocacy. Section 409.1415(3)(a)2. Florida Statutes expressly mandates the accessing of resources from Florida Foster and Adoptive Parent Association which serves a collaborator with the Department in the design and dissemination of caregiver training, and Department materials identify FloridaFAPA as a statewide caregiver organization, a key recruitment and training partner, and the entity operating the Foster Allegation Support Team (FAST).

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

Jose Colon, Operations Review Specialist Katherine Jones, Child Care Operations Manager Courtney Smith, Director of Policy and Programs Ashley Plummer, Budget Analyst Joshua Burns, Contracted Client Services Tom Valentine, General Counsel Angela Shave, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Office of Quality and Innovation Martha Harbin, Assistant Secretary for Office of Quality and Innovation

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. Protests may be filed with the agency by:

Mail:

Agency Clerk Department of Children and Families 2415 North Monroe St., Ste. 100 Tallahassee, Florida 32303

Email: Agency.Clerk@myflfamilies.com

Fax: (850) 922-3947 mailto:Agency.Clerk@myflfamilies.com