EXP2554 FCHWC_FINAL.pdf

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DESCRIPTION OF INTENDED

SINGLE SOURCE PURCHASE

(PUR 7776)

This description of commodities or contractual services intended for purchase from a single source is posted in accordance with Sections 120.57(3) and 287.057(3), Florida Statutes (F.S.), and will remain posted for a period of at least 15 business days.

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

86000000 – Education and Training Services 80171908 – Not for profit organization relations consultation and engagement

Quantity or Term (as appropriate):

3 Years

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

DOH, Division of Community of Health Promotion, Bureau of Tobacco Free Florida (BTFF)

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 DOH, Division of Community Health Promotion has a need to purchase services for developing trainings to recruit and train Community Health Workers (CHW) to assist women with navigating breast cancer screenings and survivorships. These services utilize an existing multi-sector workgroup in developing training curriculum, conducting training and documenting best practices incorporating CHWs that support a range of stakeholders and partners statewide.

This project will also support the activities and guidelines of the Florida Cancer Program Breast

AGENCY: Florida Department of Health (DOH)

TITLE: Florida Community Health Workers Coalition, Inc. (FCHWC) Short description of the commodity or services desired: Education, Recruitment, and Patient Navigation.

CONTACT

Name: Chris Lowery Address: 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin B07 Tallahassee, FL 32399 Telephone: 850-245-4530 Email: Christina.Lowery@flhealth.gov

Internal tracking number, if any: EXP2554

Date posted: 3/29/2024 at 2 p.m.

Last day for receipt of information: 4/19/2024 at 2 p.m.

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and Cervical Cancer Early Detection and cancer survivorship, and cancer continuum of care strategies on a statewide level as outlined within the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Cancer Prevention and Control Grant. The incorporation of CHWs and their existing structure and workgroups will help provide early detection, screening, and diagnostic services to reduce cancer burden, and support cancer survivorship along the cancer continuum of care.

In accordance with Chapter 60A-1.045, Florida Administrative Code, The DOH, Division of Community Health Promotion, Bureau of Tobacco Free Florida requests authorization to purchase, as a single source, training services for Community Health Workers statewide from the Florida Community Health Workers Coalition, Inc. (FCHWC).

Intended Single Source:

Florida Community Health Workers Coalition, Inc. (FCHWC)

Estimated Dollar Amount:

$225,000.00

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

• The FCHWC is the only organization that provides an existing statewide infrastructure, with a regional structure of six coordinators throughout the state of Florida (i.e.

northwest, north central, northeast, east central, southeast, and southwest), dedicated to the support and promotion of the CHW profession for the state of Florida.

• The FCHWC statewide network of regional trainers and community health workers is the only service to meet the Department’s need to ensure coordinated regional access to trainers to train and deploy local CHWs that represent the target population, demographics, and communities.

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

Allegra Small, Purchasing Director

Prospective vendors are requested to provide information regarding their ability to supply the commodities or contractual services described. If it is determined in writing by the agency, after reviewing any information received from prospective vendors, that the commodities or contractual services are available only from a single source, the agency shall provide notice of its intended decision to enter a single-source purchase contract in the manner specified in Rule 60A-1.045, Florida Administrative Code, and section 120.57(3), F.S.