Logic_Model_Guidance.docx

This is a Logic Model Guidance document supporting a Request for Proposal (RFP 26-0292-RFP) issued by Pinellas County, Florida, for comprehensive indigent burial and cremation services. The county seeks qualified providers to serve approximately 1,060 calls for service annually, with an estimated 720 claimed and unclaimed human remains requiring disposition processing, comprising 650 adults, 50 veterans, and 20 stillborn or infant cases. Services include administration and eligibility determination, direct cremation for various body types, body embalming, cremains urns, burial containers, refrigeration and storage, body removal and transport, cremains scattering, cemetery lots, hearse services, and three bundled package options. Proposers must submit questions by March 31, 2026, at 12:00 PM, with proposals due on April 14, 2026, at 3:00 PM via the OpenGov procurement website. No site visits or pre-conference meetings are scheduled. The contract term is five years from the date of award with no renewal options specified.

Proposals will be evaluated based on qualifications (35 percent), scope of work (25 percent), deliverables (25 percent), and compensation (15 percent). The annual funding estimate does not exceed $550,000, with pricing capped at $30,000 total annual bid amount. All submitted pricing must remain fixed regardless of whether actual case volumes exceed or fall below projections. Qualified bidders must hold a current Florida funeral director license, maintain an FDEP-certified incinerator facility, provide minimum refrigerated storage capacity for up to 100 concurrent bodies, and demonstrate a minimum of five years of experience performing similar services for a governmental organization. Contractors must carry commercial general liability insurance of $1,000,000, professional liability insurance of $1,000,000, and workers' compensation insurance as required by Florida law. Bidders must submit required affidavits addressing foreign ownership, human trafficking, common carrier compliance, and execute a HIPAA Business Associate Agreement. The solicitation is open to all qualified providers meeting minimum qualifications without reported set-asides for disadvantaged enterprises, and no incumbent vendor information is referenced.