Crisis Child Care

The State of Montana's Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS), Office of Procurement and Contracts, has issued a sole source solicitation (Number DPHHS-SolSour-2024-0547) seeking a contract with Toby's House for crisis child care mentoring and implementation support for pilot communities. The procurement is specifically targeting a licensed facility to provide mentoring services across multiple commodity codes including health-related medical services, mental health crisis centers, suicide prevention, mental health counseling, and family social services. This intent to sole source procurement was released on June 10, 2024, with a closing date of June 25, 2024, at 2:00 PM MDT. The primary point of contact for this solicitation is April Pfeiffer, who can be reached at April.Pfeiffer@mt.gov or +1 406-444-5329. Interested vendors must carefully review and accept the Single Point of Contact information, Q & A Board details, and the Intent to Sole Source notice before submitting their response.

The solicitation appears to be a non-competitive proposal process, with specific focus on a predetermined vendor (Toby's House) for crisis child care mentoring services. No specific set-aside designations or restrictions on vendor types were explicitly mentioned in the available documentation. The procurement does not include detailed budget ranges or award values in the provided materials. Vendors interested in participating are instructed to submit their responses through the eMACS system, with technical assistance available from the eMACS Help Desk at 406-444-2575 or emacs@mt.gov. The commodity codes suggest this is a specialized service focusing on mental health and family support services, with an emphasis on crisis intervention and child care support. No incumbent vendor information or existing infrastructure integration requirements were specified in the current documentation.