MOOR Small Procurement September 2026.pdf

Maryland Department of Health

Maryland’s Office of Overdose Response

Request for Bids for Overdose Response Strategy: Planning and Facilitation

NOTICE TO BIDDERS

SMALL BUSINESS RESERVE PROCUREMENT

This is a Small Business Reserve Procurement for which the award will be limited to certified small businesses. Only businesses that meet the statutory requirements set forth in State Finance and Procurement Article, §§14-501—14-505, Annotated Code of Maryland, and that are certified by the Governor’s Office of Small, Minority & Women Business Affairs (GOSBA) Small

Business Reserve Program are eligible for award of a contract. Before awarding a contract under a procurement designated as a small business reserve procurement, the Procurement Officer shall verify that the apparent awardee is certified by the GOSBA as a small business through eMMA. However, if small businesses do not show interest in this solicitation, the Procurement Officer has the right to remove the SBR designation via an Amendment on eMMA.

MINORITY BUSINESS ENTERPRISES ARE ENCOURAGED TO RESPOND TO THIS SOLICITATION.

https://gomdsmallbiz.maryland.gov/Pages/sbr-program.aspx

1. Summary Statement and Background

Maryland’s Office of Overdose Response (MOOR) is the coordinating office charged with developing the state’s overdose response strategy through inter-agency collaboration. MOOR is updating the state’s strategy with an anticipated release in early January. MOOR is seeking consultative services to provide the following:

A. Planning and facilitation of an in-person strategic planning session with MOOR and relevant partners, which includes:

i. Reviewing the existing strategy and other guidance documents to identify gaps

ii. Drafting questions, planning activities, and facilitating discussions

iii. Providing a written post-session summary highlighting priorities established, consensus achieved and advice on next steps

B. Reviewing MOOR’s draft and providing written feedback and advice.

C. Provide strategic guidance and direction on FY27 priorities though periodic consultation calls or meetings throughout the project.

2. Minimum Requirements

Bidders should:

A. Have ten or more years of experience working specifically within the addiction policy and/or overdose prevention field;

B. Have demonstrated knowledge and expertise of the federal landscape affecting public health funding and program administration;

C. Have experience working in state and or federal government;

D. Have experience facilitating meetings and workshops

3. Procurement Officer

Teresa Heath

443-381-9289 teresa.heath@maryland.gov

100 Community Place, Crownsville, MD 21032

4. Deliverables

The prospective vendor shall provide the following:

A. A written facilitation plan for the in-person strategic planning session.

B. A written post session summary report, including takeaways from the session and advice on next steps.

C. By mid-December, review and provide written input on the draft strategy that MOOR composes following the planning session.

D. A brief written strategic guidance memo summarizing recommendations for FY27 priorities, direction and implementation

5. Contract term

The contract term begins September 21, 2026 and ends upon completion of deliverables and not to extend beyond June 30, 2027.

6. Procurement method

Small procurement under $50,000

7. Bid/Proposal submission information

Bids must be submitted electronically to Teresa Heath at teresa.heath@maryland.gov by September 11th at 5:00 PM EST

Bids should include:

A. Resume or other document outlining qualifications and experience outlined in Section 2 “Minimum Requirements.”

B. Proposal in PDF format, including a work plan describing how the offeror intends to accomplish the project activities outlined in

Sections 1 and 4.

C. Price Form (Exhibit B) mailto:teresa.heath@maryland.gov mailto:teresa.heath@maryland.gov

Potential bidders can submit questions or comments to the Procurement

Officer at the email address in Section 3, prior to September 8th.

8. Award Determination

The Contract to result from this solicitation will be awarded to the Offeror submitting the Most Advantageous Offer.

The Most Advantageous Offer will be determined based upon each

Offeror’s price plus the following technical evaluation factors, including:

A. Offer qualifications and fulfillment of the minimum requirements outlined in Section 2.

B. Offeror’s technical response to the requirements and demonstrated work plan outlining how the offeror would complete the deliverables outlined in Section 4.

9. Payment

All invoices for services shall be signed by the Contractor and submitted to

Teresa Heath at teresa.heath@maryland.gov.

All invoices shall be submitted no later than the 15th of the month for the preceding calendar month and shall include the following information:

1. Contractor name;

2. Remittance address;

3. Federal taxpayer identification number (or if sole proprietorship, the individual’s social security

4. number);

5. Invoice period;

6. Invoice date;

7. Invoice number

8. State assigned Contract number;

9. State assigned (Blanket) Purchase Order number(s);

10. Goods or services provided; and

11. Amount due.

10. Department Obligations

The Department agrees to provide guidance concerning contract activities, as needed; evaluation and acceptance when appropriate of deliverables; or payment of invoices as well as any data or content to assist in completing the small procurement requirements.

11. MBE, Small Business Reserve, Veterans’, Requirements

11.1. This is a Small Business Reserve Procurement for which award will be limited to certified small business vendors. Only businesses that meet the statutory requirements set forth in State Finance and Procurement Article, §§14-501—14-505, Annotated Code of Maryland, and that are certified by

GOSBA Small Business Reserve Program are eligible for award of a contract.

11.2 For the purposes of a Small Business Reserve Procurement, a small business is a for-profit business, other than a broker, that meets the following criteria:

A. It is independently owned and operated;

B. It is not a subsidiary of another business;

C. It is not dominant in its field of operation; and

D. Either:

1) With respect to employee:

a) Its wholesale operations did not employ more than

50 persons in its most recently completed 3 fiscal years;

b) Its retail operations did not employ more than 25 persons in its most recently completed 3 fiscal years;

c) Its manufacturing operations did not employ more than 100 persons in its most recently completed 3 fiscal years ;

d) Its service operations did not employ more than

100 persons in its most recently completed 3 fiscal years;

e) Its construction operations did not employ more than 50 persons in its most recently completed 3 fiscal years; and

f) The architectural and engineering services of the business did not employ more than 100 persons in its most recently completed 3 fiscal years; or

2) With respect to gross sales:

a) The gross sales of its wholesale operations did not exceed an average of $4,000,000 in its most recently completed 3 fiscal years;

b) The gross sales of its retail operations did not exceed an average of $3,000,000 in its most recently completed 3 fiscal years;

c) The gross sales of its manufacturing operations did not exceed an average of $2,000,000 in its most recently completed 3 fiscal years;

d) The gross sales of its service operations did not exceed an average of $10,000,000;

e) The gross sales of its construction operations did not exceed an average of $7,000,000 in its most recently completed 3 fiscal years; and

f) The gross sales of its architectural and engineering operations did not exceed an average of $4,500,000 in its most recently completed 3 fiscal years.

D. Note: If a business has not existed for three (3) years, the employment and gross sales average or averages shall be the average for each year or part of a year during which the business has been in existence.

E. Further information on the certification process is available at eMaryland Marketplace Advantage.

11.3 Ineligible Proposals. Under a small business reserve procurement, a business that is not a certified small business is ineligible for award of a contract.

11.4 Before awarding a contract under a procurement designated as a small business reserve procurement, the Procurement Officer shall verify that the apparent awardee is certified by the Governor’s Office of Small, Minority & Women Business Affairs as a small business. A procurement contract award under a small business reserve may not be made to a business that has not been SBR certified.

Attachments:

Exhibit A - Small Procurement Contract (included for reference purposes only. A contract will only be executed with the selected vendor)

Exhibit B - Price form https://emma.maryland.gov/mobile.aspx/en/usr/login?ReturnUrl=%2Fmobile.aspx%2Fen%2Fbuy%2Fhomepage&detectDevice=true