Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Campbell RJDC

The Commonwealth of Kentucky's Justice and Public Safety Cabinet, Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ), issued Request for Proposal (RFP) 523-2200000181 for Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) services at Campbell Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Newport, Kentucky. This personal services contract sought qualified APRNs or vendors employing or subcontracting with APRNs to provide on-site nursing services to youth in DJJ custody, including routine physical examinations within seven days of admission, follow-up medical management, medication prescribing, laboratory and imaging review, immunization monitoring, and basic staff physicals for newly appointed employees. The vendor was required to provide services for a minimum of three to five hours per week on a regularly scheduled basis with flexibility for telephone consultation and telehealth options subject to Medical Director approval. Mandatory vendor qualifications included Kentucky licensure as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse in good standing, current CPR certification, and a collaborative letter of practice from a licensed physician if the APRN had fewer than four years of collaborative practice experience. The evaluation criteria consisted of experience (255 points), qualifications (300 points), availability (255 points), professional references from clients served within the previous three years (120 points), cost proposal (165 points), and optional oral presentations (100 points). The original schedule required written questions by April 8, 2022, with Commonwealth responses anticipated by April 21, 2022, and proposals due by 3:00 p.m. EST on May 10, 2022, submitted in three sealed parts: technical proposal, cost proposal, and proprietary information if applicable. However, this RFP was canceled on March 29, 2022, by solicitation modification in the best interest of the Commonwealth.

Compensation for this contract was to be structured as a fixed hourly rate in whole dollars, with reimbursement for up to two hours of travel time each way; mileage and indirect costs were not reimbursable. Monthly invoices approved by the program manager and Medical Director would have been processed for payment. The anticipated initial contract term was July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2024, with the Commonwealth reserving the right to renew for up to two additional two-year periods subject to approval by the Secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet and the Legislative Research Commission Government Contract Review Committee. All vendors were subject to criminal and administrative background checks, including a Central Registry Check from the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, which was required to be completed within 30 days of contract award at the vendor's expense. Vendors and their employees or subcontractors were required to comply with Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) requirements and DJJ policies, including annual PREA training and HIPAA confidentiality obligations. The RFP documentation does not specify a particular funding amount or budget range for this contract. No incumbent vendor or set-aside designations were identified in the procurement documents, and the solicitation required compliance with Kentucky civil rights statutes with foreign entities needing a certificate of authority from the Secretary of State within fourteen days of proposal opening.