Collegiate Recovery Programs

The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services, Division for Behavioral Health, is issuing a Request for Proposals (RFP-2027-DBH-18-COLLE) to procure services for developing, implementing, and expanding Collegiate Recovery Programs (CRPs) across New Hampshire higher education institutions. The procurement seeks a single qualified vendor to establish comprehensive recovery programming on a primary campus within 60 calendar days of contract effectiveness and expand to collaborative partner institutions within 180 calendar days. The vendor must provide at least three of thirteen specified program components, including mutual support meetings, recovery-friendly social activities, dedicated social spaces, and recovery-supportive campus programming designed to serve students with substance use disorders or who are sober-curious while fostering supportive campus environments. Required deliverables include a Work Plan with goals and benchmarks, a Collaboration and Expansion Plan detailing partnership strategies, and a Marketing and Engagement Plan to increase awareness across participating campuses. The contractor must maintain staffing of one full-time Peer Recovery Support Staff member, one part-time CRP Coordinator, and one 0.25 FTE marketing/peer engagement staff member, with all personnel required to have lived experience in substance use disorder recovery and successful criminal background checks. Technical proposals are evaluated on a maximum of 700 points across five mandatory criteria addressing organizational experience, CRP model implementation, statewide collaboration strategies, marketing and engagement approaches, and evaluation and sustainability plans, with an additional 300 points for cost proposals. The Letter of Intent deadline is February 3, 2026, vendor questions are due by February 3, 2026 at 12:00 PM Eastern Time, and solicitation responses are due March 3, 2026 at 12:00 PM Eastern Time, with a contract effective date of July 1, 2026 and contract end date of June 30, 2028.

While the RFP does not specify disadvantaged enterprise set-asides or restrictions limiting organizational types, responding vendors must be registered with the New Hampshire Department of State and obtain a vendor code from the Department of Administrative Services, and must comply with all federal and state requirements including HIPAA, 42 CFR Part 2, drug-free workplace certifications, debarment and suspension certifications, and civil rights compliance standards. The procurement is funded through federal sources, specifically the State Opioid Response Grant (Assistance Listing 93.788) and the Substance Use Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery Services Block Grant (Assistance Listing 93.959), with no matching funds required from the contractor. No incumbent vendor or existing contractor is identified in the solicitation materials. The contractor must maintain commercial general liability insurance of not less than $1,000,000 per occurrence and $2,000,000 aggregate and must follow a hierarchical payment structure prioritizing private insurance, Medicare, Medicaid, and sliding fee scales before billing the Department for services. Monthly payment will be made based on Department-approved budgets, with invoices due by the fifteenth working day of the month following service delivery; the specific award value is not disclosed in the solicitation but will be negotiated based on the selected vendor's proposal and documented in the contract exhibits.