APS - etps - homemaker - cnas -pcas

The South Carolina Department of Social Services, procuring through the State Fiscal Accountability Authority's Division of Procurement Services, is soliciting fixed-price bids for homemaker and emergency temporary personal care services for Adult Protective Services clients, with a listed due date of January 30, 2027. The solicitation documents set the offer deadline at May 21, 2026 at 11:00 a.m. ET, and the questions deadline and non-mandatory pre-bid conference fall on April 23, 2026, all before this November 13, 2026 posting. Amendment 1 is the current version.

Homemaker services cover routine cleaning, laundry, meal preparation, and errands. Emergency temporary personal care covers 24-hour supervision, medication monitoring, activities of daily living assistance, and medical monitoring. Providers may elect one or both components and must select the specific counties they will serve across South Carolina's 46 counties. Amendment 1 highlights underserved counties including Berkeley, Charleston, Florence, Greenville, Lexington, Orangeburg, Oree, Richland, and Spartanburg. Mandatory qualifications include SC Department of Public Health in-home care contractor licensure and an agency director with specified educational credentials and supervisory experience. Personal care providers need a licensed practical nurse or certified nursing assistant with at least two years of relevant experience, and CNA-staffed emergency temporary personal care providers must have an LPN or higher-level RN on staff. All staff require criminal background, CPS central registry, and sex offender registry checks, with no convictions within ten years for theft, abuse, neglect, exploitation, or drug-related crimes. Providers are subject to random drug testing under Section 44-70-70. Offerors must provide either a banker or CPA reference confirming financial soundness plus two months of operating expenses, or documented capital sufficient to operate for two months before reimbursement. Staff documentation includes DSS Form 1580 experience certification and DSS Form 2433 training logs covering eight topics.

Pricing uses fixed unit prices, and bids above the state's established price are nonresponsive and subject to rejection. Amendment 1 states the agency has no dollar amounts allocated for each service. The contract is funded through the Social Services Block Grant and runs one initial one-year period beginning July 8, 2026 and ending July 7, 2031, with four one-year renewal options. Providers invoice monthly on DSS Form 3797 for actual allowable expenditures, due by the tenth of the following month, with Net 30 payment and no interest on late payments. Mileage is not reimbursed, and referrals come from county APS units with no fixed monthly projection.

Offers must be submitted online through procurement.sc.gov, with one original and one redacted copy, and held open for ninety calendar days after opening. Award is scheduled for June 25, 2026.