EMERGENCYNOTICE/DMH/EMHC/FY23/EmergencySitterServices

This is an emergency procurement of "Sitter Services" for the Illinois Department of Human Services Elgin Mental Health Center. The services required are one-on-one or two-on-one physical 24/7 monitoring of psychiatric patients in a hospital setting within the Chicagoland and Northwest Suburban Hospitals. The estimated start date is November 23, 2022, and the estimated end date is February 20, 2023, with an estimated expenditure of $135,000. The reason for selecting the vendor, TriStone Security, is that they were the only vendor available to provide the required security services outside of the facility, as the master contract for guard services would not provide the necessary one-on-one physical monitoring in a hospital setting.

The procurement is set aside for vendors certified under the Business Enterprise Program (BEP), but no such vendors were identified as offering the required offsite security services for mental health facility residents. The agency will continue to encourage the selected vendor to utilize BEP vendors where possible. There is no incumbent vendor or current contractor, and the agency is not specifying any existing infrastructure or technology that requires integration. The contract value is estimated at $135,000.