REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATION

OFCA/028

SACRAMENTO COUNTY ADULT CORRECTIONAL HEALTH

OPERATIONAL ASSESSMENT AND MEDICAL TRAINING, POLICY

REVIEW, AND TECHNICAL OVERSIGHT INDEPENDENT

CONSULTANT

County of Sacramento

9660 Ecology Lane

Sacramento, CA 95827

RELEASE DATE: October 15, 2026

DEADLINE FOR QUESTIONS: November 4, 2026

RESPONSE DEADLINE: November 13, 2026, 5:00 pm

RESPONSES MUST BE SUBMITTED ELECTRONICALLY TO:

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County of Sacramento

REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATION

Sacramento County Adult Correctional Health Operational Assessment and Medical Training, Policy Review, and Technical Oversight

Independent Consultant

1. Introduction

2. Background

3. Scope of Work

4. Mandatory Respondents' Conference

5. Request For Qualifications Process

6. Proposal Submission Instructions

7. Narrative Questions

8. Proposal Submission

Attachments:

A - Exhibit A Proposal Certification of Intent to Meet RFQ Requirements

B - Exhibit B Insurance Requirements

C - Exhibit C County of Sacramento Contractor Certification of Compliance with

Child, Family and Spousal_Support

D - Exhibit D Certification Regarding Debarment and Suspension

E - Exhibit E Budget Template and Justification

F - Attachment 1 Mays Proposed Consent Decree

G - Attachment 2 1st Memorandum of Agreement to Mays

H - Attachment 3 2nd Memorandum of Agreement to Mays

I - Attachment 4 Sample Agreement Boilerplate

J - Attachment 5 Additional Provisions

Request For Qualification #OFCA/028 Title: Sacramento County Adult Correctional Health Operational Assessment and Medical Training, Policy Review, and Technical Oversight Independent Consultant

1. Introduction

1.1. Summary

Sacramento County is seeking an experienced correctional healthcare organization to provide medical standard of care training, leadership coaching and support, policy revision recommendations, and technical assistance and oversight in the daily operations of the Adult Correctional Health (ACH) system at both of the County’s adult detention facilities, along with a global ACH organizational and process assessment focused on system, medical standard of care, and efficiency-based improvements.

Through this procurement, Sacramento County intends to contract with an organization capable of delivering comprehensive internal correctional health subject-matter expertise for Sacramento County’s ACH System (including the Sacramento Main Jail and Rio Cosumnes Correctional Center). Services range from on-site program mentorship to providing topic specific expertise in all functions and operations that fall within the scope of correctional healthcare delivery.

Successful respondents will demonstrate the ability to provide comprehensive system mentorship, the ability to assess current County policies and structures and make change-based recommendations rooted in the medical standard of care, and collaborate effectively with County correctional healthcare, custody staff, court-appointed subject matter experts, County legal counsel, class counsel, and County leadership.

1.2. Contact Information

Any inquiries or requests regarding this solicitation must be submitted via OpenGov. Contact with unauthorized County personnel during the selection process may result in disqualification.

Project Contact:

Michael Lorda

Contract Analyst

Email: lordami@saccounty.gov

Phone: (916) 875-1200

Procurement Contact:

Michael Lorda

Contract Analyst

Email: lordami@saccounty.gov

Phone: (916) 875-1200

Department:

Health Services

Department Head:

Tim Lutz

Director

1.3. Timeline

Release Project Date October 15, 2026 mailto:lordami@saccounty.gov tel:(916)875-1200 mailto:lordami@saccounty.gov tel:(916)875-1200

Title: Sacramento County Adult Correctional Health Operational Assessment and Medical Training, Policy Review, Pre-Proposal Meeting (Mandatory) November 3, 2026, 1:00pm https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/279208937088

251?p=IJK94oedHpgDWVChgP

Meeting ID: 279 208 937 088 251

Passcode: Th6kz7XD

Question Submission Deadline November 4, 2026, 5:00pm

Proposal Submission Deadline November 13, 2026, 5:00pm

Proposal Screening November 16, 2026

Notice of Insurance Deficiencies Sent Via

Email

November 17, 2026

Insurance Deficiency Corrections

Submission Deadline

December 1, 2026, 5:00pm

Notice of Disqualification Emailed to

Respondents

December 2, 2026

Respondents Evaluations Complete December 8, 2026

Interview Process Complete January 8, 2027

Notice of Award Recommendation(s)

Emailed to Respondents

January 15, 2027, 5:00pm

Written Protest Deadline January 25, 2027, 5:00pm https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/279208937088251?p=IJK94oedHpgDWVChgP https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/279208937088251?p=IJK94oedHpgDWVChgP

Title: Sacramento County Adult Correctional Health Operational Assessment and Medical Training, Policy Review,

2. Background

2.1. Background

The County of Sacramento (County) owns and/or operates two detention facilities in Sacramento

County, including the Sacramento Main Jail and the Rio Cosumnes Correctional Facility (RCCC), which are collaboratively run by the Sacramento Sheriff’s Office (SSO) and the Department of Health Services

(DHS), Division of Primary Care Services, ACH. Between both facilities, there is an average daily population of about 3,300 adults—with more than 34,000 individuals booked each year and roughly

2,400 monthly discharges.

ACH is housed within DHS and provides health care services to adults within both County detention facilities. Services include primary care, women's health, behavioral health, pharmacy, ancillary, specialty, and hospital services. Most of the specialty services and all of the hospital services are provided offsite. On-site service delivery is provided through County staff and contracted providers.

Primary health care in the correctional system is delivered through roughly 300 County full-time employees (FTEs). Mental health care is administered via a contracted medical provider with roughly

155 FTEs. Of note, the County is also under a Federal Consent Decree (known as the “Mays Consent

Decree”) and is in process of coming into compliance.

DHS is issuing this Request for Qualifications (RFQ) to select a qualified and experienced individual vendor or organization to provide medical standard of care training, policy revision recommendations, coaching and mentorship to system leaders, and technical assistance and oversight in the daily operations of the ACH system at both detention facilities, along with a global ACH organizational and process assessment focused on system, medical standard of care, and efficiency-based improvements.

ACH operates in a complex regulatory environment subject to state-based detention and medical standard of care requirements, various grant assurances, and regulations, as well as a broad range of federal, state, and local requirements tied to both the incoming California Advancing and Innovating

Medi-Cal (CalAIM) requirements and the Mays Consent Decree.

DHS is soliciting Statements of Qualifications (SOQ) from qualified correctional health organizations (aka

“Respondent”) to provide a wide variety of correctional health clinical policy review and related technical services. Services under this RFQ will be administered by DHS and may include, but are not limited to, review and revision recommendations of all internal policies for medical standard of care, compliance (including quality improvement), relevant organizational process assessment and identification of operational efficiencies for proactive correction, design of responsive work flows, training protocols, and to be available to provide in-person active training, guidance, mentorship, effective cross-system collaboration with all relevant partners, and any/all other areas identified by

County.

Services under this RFQ will require regular on-site access, familiarity with the unique operational, regulatory, safety, and security considerations associated with correctional health facilities, including medical care within detention facilities, ideally holds relevant clinical experience and California licensure, ideally holds federal Consent Decree experience related to correctional health, holds an ability to assist with Consent Decree and medical standard of care compliance requirements in the forms of

Title: Sacramento County Adult Correctional Health Operational Assessment and Medical Training, Policy Review, policy correction, mentorship, and staff training, and the possession of an ability to effectively and proactively collaborate cross-system with all relevant partners (i.e. County correctional healthcare, custody staff, court-appointed subject matter experts, County legal counsel, County leadership, etc.)

2.2. Eligibility to Apply/Minimum Qualifications

Those individuals or organizations that meet all the following criteria are eligible to submit a proposal in response to this RFQ:

1. Have demonstrated subject-matter expertise and experience in the delivery of correctional healthcare delivery and process improvement.

2. Be able to provide the identified services outlined in this RFQ on-site at both Sacramento

County correctional facilities and other County-identified locations.

3. Ability to develop strong relationships with Sheriff/custody leadership and staff, court-appointed subject matter experts, legal counsel, and County leadership.

4. Ability to bring key subject-matter expertise to fit the identified needs of the program.

Examples may include quality assurance, death reviews, emergency medical response, medical staff efficiencies, and managing high-acuity populations.

5. Ability for staff assigned to the project to pass Sheriff background clearance for the County’s jail system.

6. Possession of a clinical license (such as Nurse Practitioner or Registered Nurse) and specialized certification in correctional healthcare for at least some of the consulting team is

HIGHLY DESIRABLE.

Title: Sacramento County Adult Correctional Health Operational Assessment and Medical Training, Policy Review,

3. Scope of Work

3.1. Services Description

Sacramento County seeks a qualified organization to provide medical standard of care training, policy review and development, coaching and mentorship for senior leadership, and technical assistance and guidance in the daily operations of the ACH system. The selected agency will support significant strengthening clinical and operational systems and advance best practice standards in correctional healthcare.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

A. Coaching and Mentorship Support for System Leadership

The qualified organization or their appointed person for these services will:

• Provide executive-level coaching and mentorship for leadership within the ACH team.

• Deliver daily operational support and guidance to the Deputy Director, Health Services

Administrator, Medical Director, Quality Assurance, and nursing leadership teams.

• Assist Department leadership in conducting performance reviews and implementing personnel action for ACH staff, if necessary.

B. Quality Improvement (QI) Program Guidance

The qualified organization or their appointed person for these services will provide support and guidance to ACH’s QI program, including:

• Coaching, mentorship and guidance for the ACH QI team.

• Assessment of current quality measures, indicators, monitoring processes, and reporting systems.

• Review, enhancement, or development of clinical and operational audit tools.

• Development of corrective action plans and reporting templates grounded in evidence-based practice.

• Implementation support for QI-related improvements across medical, nursing, and administrative services.

C. Organizational Structure Assessment

The qualified organization or their appointed person for these services will:

• Conduct assessment of ACH’s current organizational structure, staffing patterns, and reporting lines.

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• Evaluate operational efficiency, communication pathways, leadership alignment, and role clarity.

• Produce recommendations for organizational restructuring grounded in correctional health best practices and national standards of care.

• Provide proposals for department-wide restructuring, including alternative organizational models and implementation considerations.

D. Medical Services Assessment and System Improvement

The qualified organization or their appointed person for these services will perform a full assessment of

ACH medical services, including:

• Review of clinical workflows, patient intake processes, medication management procedures, chronic care management, and emergency response processes.

• Evaluation of team structures, interdisciplinary collaboration, staffing allocation, and on-site clinical leadership.

• Analysis of existing policies and procedures for compliance, efficiency, and alignment with current standards of care.

• Collaboration with Department leadership to implement improvements designed to increase effectiveness, efficiency, and quality of healthcare delivery.

E. Training Program Review and Expansion

The qualified organization or their appointed person for these services will:

• Review all existing ACH training programs, modules, competencies, and curricula.

• Identify gaps in clinical, operational, and emergency response training.

• Design and implement additional training in key areas including:

o QI procedures and methodologies o Nursing process and documentation standards o Man-down response protocols o Intake screening and triage procedures o Monitoring procedures for patients with high medical needs

• Provide guidance to ensure training aligns with accreditation standards and correctional healthcare best practices.

F. Death-in-Custody Review Expertise

Title: Sacramento County Adult Correctional Health Operational Assessment and Medical Training, Policy Review, The qualified organization or their appointed person for these services will provide subject matter expertise in the investigation and review of deaths of incarcerated individuals, including:

• Facilitation or participation in root cause analyses.

• Identification of system-level failures, process gaps, and individual performance issues.

• Development of corrective action recommendations that strengthen clinical practice, emergency response, supervision, and cross-department coordination.

• Contribution to formal reports and presentations to internal and external oversight bodies as required.

3.2. Performance Measures

Performance Measures may include, but are not limited to:

A. Coaching and Mentorship Deliverables

• Development of individual development plans for ACH leadership including, but not limited to

Deputy Director, Division Manager/Health Administrator (HSA), Medical Director, Quality

Assurance lead, and nursing leaders.

• Confidential coaching goals developed with leader and coach/mentor.

• Weekly engagement with relevant ACH leaders, supporting goal development and system performance metric development.

B. QI Program Deliverables

• Comprehensive assessment report of the existing QI program, including gaps, strengths, and recommended improvements.

• Revised or newly developed audit tools for major clinical and operational areas.

• Monthly QI performance dashboard tracking quality indicators, audit findings, and corrective actions.

• Internal confidential Corrective Action Plans (CAPs) generated for identified deficiencies, including timelines and responsible parties.

C. Organizational Structure Assessment Deliverables

• Organizational Assessment Report covering structure, staffing levels, role alignment, communication flow, and leadership gaps.

• Recommendations for organizational restructuring, including alternative organizational models, rationale, and implementation considerations.

• Presentation of findings to County leadership and ACH management.

Title: Sacramento County Adult Correctional Health Operational Assessment and Medical Training, Policy Review, D. Medical Services Assessment and Improvement Deliverables

• Comprehensive Medical Services Assessment Report summarizing current system operations, workflows, policies, staffing models, and clinical processes.

• Detailed workflow maps and recommendations for process improvements.

• Updated or newly drafted clinical policies and procedures, aligned with correctional health best practices and Mays Consent Decree requirements.

• Implementation Plan outlining priority improvements, timelines, and roles.

E. Training Review and Implementation Deliverables

• Training Program Gap Analysis Report covering QI, nursing practice, emergency response, intake, and high-medical-need monitoring.

• Training curriculum and modules for new or revised trainings, including learning objectives, materials, and competency checklists.

• Documentation of training delivery, including schedules, attendance, and evaluations.

F. Sentinel Event and Death-in-Custody Review Deliverables

• Root Cause Analysis (RCA) reports for assigned sentinel event and death-in-custody investigations, including system and individual findings.

• Summary of recurring themes or systemic issues identified across cases.

• Corrective action recommendations for clinical practice, policy improvement, training, and system communication.

• Support for internal or external reporting bodies, such as briefings or written summaries.

G. Final Summary Report

At the conclusion of the engagement, the consulting agency shall provide a final report summarizing:

• All assessments conducted

• All improvements made, recommended, or in progress

• Recommendations for long-term sustainability

• Priority next steps for Sacramento County ACH

3.3. Service Sites and Capacity

Successful Respondents must demonstrate the capacity to provide on-site team members and the ability to bring in specialized teams or resources to address specific deliverable areas, identified in Section 3.1

Services Description and Section 3.2 Performance Measures.

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4. Mandatory Respondents' Conference

4.1. Mandatory Respondents' Conference

A. A Mandatory Respondents’ Conference will be held virtually to discuss the RFQ and requirements. Organizations interested in submitting a proposal must have representation at this conference or their proposal will be rejected as non-responsive (disqualified) without review and eliminated from further consideration.

B. The date/time of the virtual Mandatory Respondents’ Conference is shown in the RFQ timeline.

C. Each organization may have a maximum of three (3) representatives attend. The virtual meeting link can be found in the RFQ timeline.

D. Respondent questions about the RFQ, its scope of work, and related processes will not be accepted during the Conference.

4.2. Respondent Questions

A. Organization representatives may only submit questions related to the RFQ, its scope and related processes through OpenGov.

B. Respondents’ questions must be submitted by the date and time as shown in the RFQ timeline. Respondent questions will not be accepted after the question submission deadline as shown in the RFQ timeline.

C. Questions in any other form, either written or oral, about the RFQ, its scope of work or related processes will not be accepted.

D. Following the receipt of questions, answers to all substantive questions will be provided through the OpenGov portal. At the sole discretion of Sacramento County DHS, questions may be paraphrased for clarity.

E. Respondents are encouraged to submit questions as early as possible to allow sufficient time for review and response.

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5. Request For Qualifications Process

5.1. Request For Qualifications Process

A. Costs for developing and submitting proposal packages are the responsibility of the respondent and shall not be chargeable in any way to the County of Sacramento.

B. If the County determines that revisions or additional data to the RFQ are necessary, the County will provide addenda or supplements.

C. All proposals submitted become property of the County and will not be returned.

D. Issuance of this RFQ in no way constitutes a commitment by the County to award a contract.

News releases pertaining to this RFQ and its award shall not be made without prior written approval of the County.

E. All proposals shall remain confidential and are not subject to the California Public Records Act until contract execution.

5.2. Rights of the County

A. The County reserves the right to:

1. Make a contract award to one or more respondent.

2. Make awards of contracts for all the services offered in a proposal or for any portion thereof.

3. Reject any or all Proposals received in response to this RFQ, or to cancel and/or re-issue this

RFQ if it is deemed in the best interest of the County to do so.

4. Negotiate, make changes, or terminate awards due to budgetary or funding changes or constraints.

5. Negotiate changes to proposal submissions.

6. Enter into negotiations with the respondent who submitted the next highest-rated proposal, or issue a new RFQ, if a competitor that is selected through this RFQ fails to accept the terms of the County contract.

7. Authorize renewal of contracts annually based on availability of funds and the success of the contractor in meeting the measurable outcomes stated in the contract.

8. Determine the number of resources allocated to successful respondents.

9. Require information in addition to the proposal for further evaluation, if necessary.

10. Check with references and share any information it may receive with the evaluation committee.

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11. Require successful respondents to sign a County contract.

12. Make the final determination of the requirement for the report of internal controls to be included with the financial statements.

13. Conduct an evaluation(s) and as a result make changes to various aspects of the program.

5.3. Screening Criteria

A. Organizations’ proposal packets received by the deadline (from organizations with a representative at the mandatory respondents’ conference) will be screened for RFQ requirements as described in each exhibit.

B. Proposals meeting all the screening requirements shall be submitted to an Evaluation

Committee. The Committee will evaluate the proposals based on the RFQ evaluation criteria. Portions of responses, including attachments that exceed the maximum page allowance will not be reviewed by the Committee.

C. Failure to furnish all information required in this RFQ or to substantially follow the proposal format requested shall disqualify the proposal. Respondents will be notified of disqualification by the date shown in the RFQ timeline. A respondent may protest a screening disqualification by following the Opportunity to Protest guidelines as outlined in this RFQ.

5.4. Rating Process: General

1. Those proposals that meet the minimum requirements as noted in this RFQ will be included in a review and selection process. The proposals will be reviewed and evaluated by an

Evaluation Committee, which may consist of County Staff, other public agencies, court-appointed subject matter experts, and/or class counsel. The panel of evaluators will recommend the highest rated proposal(s) to move forward to an interview process. Selected respondents will be contacted and assigned an in-person interview date and time. The DHS

Director will make final recommendations for contractor selection to the Board of

Supervisors (BOS). The DHS Director may recommend a contractor that is not the highest rated and provide justification for the recommendation to the BOS.

2. Recommendation(s) for the award(s) is contingent on successful resolution of any protests, which would otherwise restrict or limit such an award.

3. Notice of the recommendation(s) for the award(s) will be emailed to all respondents by the date shown in the RFQ timeline.

4. A minimum score of 70% is required to pass the evaluation. If the minimum score is not met, the proposal will be rejected. Scoring will be as follows:

ELEMENT POINTS POSSIBLE

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Budget and Budget Justification (Template and

Justification Narrative)

Budget to only be screened, not scored

Total Points Possible 60

5.5. Opportunity to Protest

A. Any respondent wishing to protest disqualification in the screening process or the proposed award recommendation must submit a written letter of protest. Submit such a letter by the date shown in the RFQ timeline. Any protest shall be limited to the following grounds:

1. The County failed to include in the RFQ a clear, precise description of the format which

Proposals shall follow and elements they shall contain, the standards to be used in screening and evaluating Proposals, the date on which proposals are due, and the timetable the

County will follow in reviewing and evaluating them, and/or

2. Proposals were not evaluated and/or recommendation for awards were not made in the following manner:

a. All Proposals, received by the deadline and submitted in the OpenGov platform were reviewed to determine which proposals met the screening requirements specified in the

RFQ; and/or

b. All proposals meeting the screening requirements were submitted to an Evaluation

Committee which evaluated proposals using the criteria specified in the RFQ; and/or

c. Proposal(s) judged best qualified by the Evaluation Committee was recommended to the Sacramento County Executive for award; and/or

d. The County correctly applied the standards for screening for eligibility requirements or evaluating the proposals as specified in the RFQ.

B. The written letter of protest of the proposed awards must reference the title of this RFQ and be submitted by email to DHS-Director@saccounty.gov; email subject line must read, "Protest, RFQ

No. OFCA/028 ".

C. Protest letters must be received at the above email address by the date shown in the RFQ timeline. Mailed or hand delivered hard copy letters, or faxed letters will not be accepted.

Letters received by any other email address will not be accepted. Oral protests will not be accepted. It is the respondent's responsibility to request an email delivery receipt to ensure receipt of delivery at the above email address by the date and time specified in the RFQ timeline. Protests will not be accepted after the deadline specified. Protest letter/email must clearly explain the failure of the County to follow the rules of the RFQ.

mailto:DHS-Director@saccounty.gov

Title: Sacramento County Adult Correctional Health Operational Assessment and Medical Training, Policy Review, D. All written protests shall be investigated by the Director of DHS, or their designee, who shall make a finding regarding any protest by the date shown in the RFQ timeline.

5.6. Commencement of Work

A. The contract shall not be executed until after DHS has obtained BOS approval for the contract.

B. The successful respondent must agree to all terms and conditions of any resultant contract with

Sacramento County, which includes providing proof of required insurance coverage. Failure to conform to all requirements shall constitute grounds for termination of contract negotiations and the County may enter into negotiations with the next highest scoring respondent or reissue the RFQ.

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6. Proposal Submission Instructions

6.1. Proposal Package

Proposals must include the following Exhibits A. through E. All exhibit forms can be found and downloaded from the Attachments section of this RFQ. See the following referenced exhibits for complete instructions.

Exhibit A. Proposal/Certification of Intent to Meet RFQ Requirements: The Proposal/Certification of

Intent must be completed with authorized signature and submitted as part of the Proposal package.

Electronic or scanned authorized signatures will be accepted.

Exhibit B. Insurance Requirements: Successful Respondents shall be required to obtain and maintain insurance according to Sacramento County Insurance requirements. Proposal packets must include the respondent's standard certificate(s) of insurance showing current coverage and/or written evidence that the respondent will be able to have the required insurance in place before a contract is signed and services commence.

Exhibit C. County of Sacramento Contractor Certification of Compliance with Child, Family and Spousal

Support: When Respondents submit a bid, proposal, or other offer to provide goods or perform services for or on the behalf of the County, Respondents must complete and submit Certification with an authorized signature as part of the Proposal package. Electronic or scanned authorized signatures will be accepted.

Exhibit D. Certification Regarding Debarment and Suspension: Respondents agree to comply with 45

CFR Part 76.100 (Code of Federal Regulations), which provides that Federal funds may not be used for any contracted services, if CONTRACTOR is debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment, declared ineligible, or voluntarily excluded from covered transactions by any Federal department or organization.

Respondents must submit Certification with an authorized signature as part of the Proposal package.

Electronic or scanned authorized signatures will be accepted.

Exhibit E. Budget Template and Justification: Respondents must submit a Budget as described in this

Exhibit as part of the Proposal package. The Budget Template is available for download in the attachments section of this RFQ.

6.2. Proposal Submission Requirements

1. All Exhibits in the proposal should be given file names containing the Respondent’s organization name or initials, followed by the RFQ designation of "RFQ No. OFCA 028", followed by the Exhibit letter or letters.

Sample file names: Smithsonian RFQ No. OFCA 028 Exhibit C. All exhibits must be uploaded in the Proposal Submission section (Section 8) of this RFQ, directly in the OpenGov platform.

2. Exhibits A. through D. in the Proposal package must be submitted in the following format:

a. Document type: Portable Document Format (PDF) or Word

b. Page size: letter (8 ½ inches by 11 inches)

c. Page orientation: portrait

3. Budget Template and Justification (Exhibit E) must be submitted in the following format:

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a. Document type: PDF

b. Page size: letter (8 ½ inches by 11 inches)

c. Page orientation: portrait

4. Proposal Narrative (Section 7) must be submitted in the following format:

a. Document type: Word or PDF

b. Page size: letter (8 ½ inches by 11 inches)

c. Page orientation: portrait

d. Question/area and response format:

i. Each question/area in the narrative should begin on a new page.

ii. State the question/area prior to providing a response.

iii. Questions/areas should be single spaced, with 1-inch margins, using 12-point Arial or Times New Roman font.

iv. Narrative responses should be double spaced, with 1-inch margins, using 12-point Arial or Times New Roman font.

v. The maximum page requirements per question shown in section 7 include both the statement of the question/area and Respondent's response to that question/area. Portions of question/area responses exceeding the maximum page allowance will not be reviewed by the Evaluation Committee.

5. The inclusion of elaborate artwork, expensive visuals, embedded web links or other presentations as part of the proposal package are not necessary and will not be rated or scored.

6. Pages should be clearly and consecutively numbered. Page numbers may be handwritten if needed.

7. The proposal must be submitted in the legal entity name of the organization and that legal entity shall be party to the contract. Proposals submitted by a corporation must include the signature of an individual authorized by the organization’s board of directors. Electronic or scanned authorized signatures will be accepted.

8. This RFQ requests no more than one (1) proposal per applying organization. Organizations may not submit multiple Proposals with the intent of increasing chances of being awarded.

9. The proposal package must be submitted electronically via the RFQ posting in the OpenGov portal and must be submitted as attachments following the document type format listed above.

10. Proposals not received by the proposal submission date/time shown in the RFQ timeline will be rejected. It is the responsibility of the Respondent to submit the proposal package through OpenGov, in the Proposal Submission section of this RFQ by the time and date shown in the RFQ timeline.

11. Emailed, Mailed or hand delivered hard copies or faxed submissions will not be accepted. Proposals submitted anywhere else other than directly through the OpenGov portal will not be accepted.

12. DHS will reject any proposal not meeting ALL RFQ requirements.

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7. Narrative Questions

7.1. Proposal Narrative Questions

Questions to be addressed: Ratings based on clarity and completeness of the response, and:

Maximum Pages:

Maximum Points:

1. Describe your organization’s experience in the correctional healthcare delivery arena. How many years of experience do the principal officers in the organization have in correctional healthcare delivery. Please list any/all relevant medical licensing or certification (i.e. Medical Doctor, Registered Nurse, etc.)

Relevance, extent and quality of prior experience, and/ or capacity to provide services described in this

RFQ.

Evidence of ability to perform proposed project.

Evidence of adequate medical licensure, i.e. relevant degree, certification, etc.

3 10

2. Provide an overview of who would be assigned into the coaching/mentorship role. What is the person’s (or people’s) background, years of experience, and similar experience, that make them able to take on this role?

Strong person or team with correctional health coaching/mentorship experience and relevant subject matter expertise in correctional healthcare leadership.

Evidence of ability to perform proposed project.

3 10

3. Provide an overview of how you would fulfill all duties, responsibilities, and deliverables identified in this RFQ.

Breadth of services the organization can bring to this project.

Quality of plan to provide the services as described in this RFQ.

Evidence of ability to perform proposed project

4 20

4. Describe a similar project that your organization or the staff that would be assigned to this project has done, demonstrating a proven ability to fulfill the requirements of this RFQ.

Relevance, extent and quality of prior experience, and/or capacity to meet requirements of this RFQ.

3 10

5. Describe your organization’s experience working within a correctional health organization that is subject to a Federal consent decree. Include the work done with court-appointed subject matter expertise, class counsel, and other stakeholders.

Relevance, extent and quality of prior experience.

3 10

TOTAL 16 60

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8. Proposal Submission

8.1. Proposal/Certification of Intent to Meet RFP Requirements (Exhibit A)*

Please Upload.

*Response required

8.2. Certificate(s) of Insurance, documenting current coverage (Exhibit B)*

Please upload Certificate(s) of Insurance or insurance letter from broker as outlined in Insurance exhibit.

*Response required

8.3. County of Sacramento Contractor Certification of Compliance with Child, Family and Spousal Support Form (Exhibit C)*

Please Upload.

*Response required

8.4. Certification Regarding Debarment and Suspension (Exhibit D)*

Please Upload

*Response required

8.5. Budget Template and Justification (Exhibit E)*

Please upload the budget template and justification.

*Response required

8.6. Narrative Questions Submission (Section 7)*

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*Response required