RFP 11022_Informational Notice1.pdf

This Informational Notice is issued by the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) regarding RFP #11022 for a fifty-bed moderate-risk residential program serving males aged ten to twenty-one who require Juvenile Sexual Offender Treatment Services. The program will operate at either the Department-owned facility located at 9502 Columbus Drive, Tampa, Florida 33619 (Circuit 13, Central Region), or at a respondent-owned or leased facility within Florida. Requested services include care and custody, case management, mental health and substance abuse services, delinquency programming, behavioral management, academic services, career and technical education, recreation therapy, and specialized juvenile sexual offender treatment services. The proposal submission deadline was Friday, March 6, 2026 at 2:00 PM EST, with only one respondent, Rite of Passage, Inc., submitting a proposal. An Evaluation Team Briefing Conference Call is scheduled for Monday, March 16, 2026 at 10:00 AM EDT, followed by a Debriefing Conference Call on Thursday, March 26, 2026 at 10:00 AM EDT. Both meetings are open to the public and will be recorded and made available on the DJJ website within 48 hours. The contract term extends through June 30, 2029, with renewal options available for periods not exceeding the original term or three years, whichever is longer.

The per diem rates are $322.92 for filled beds and $302.92 for unfilled beds, with budgets required to be submitted on Attachment H for the Department-owned facility or Attachment H-1 for respondent-owned facilities. Minimum staff compensation requirements include $19 per hour for direct care staff, $50,000 annually for non-licensed mental health staff, $79,000 for licensed mental health staff, $85,000 for the Designated Mental Health Clinician Authority, $72,000 for Registered Nurses, and $82,000 for Health Services Administrators. Respondents must demonstrate financial viability with a Dun & Bradstreet Supplier Evaluation Risk rating of 5 or higher. The RFP includes tie-breaking preferences for Drug Free Workplace certification, Certified Minority Business Enterprise designation, Service Disabled Veteran's Business Enterprise status, Florida Business certification, and Foreign Manufacturers with a Factory in Florida. Financial penalties of 5 percent of the per diem multiplied by contracted beds may be imposed for contract non-compliance on a per-deficiency, per-day basis following a second failed verification. The Department-owned facility contains significant existing infrastructure including a building acquired in 2002, forty-six operational security cameras, a functioning sprinkler system, a 150-kilowatt Life Safety Generator installed in November 2024, and fifty single-occupancy sleeping rooms with detailed equipment inventory provided in Exhibit 9.