FP - Family Skills - Huron, Lapeer & Tuscola

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services is seeking a provider for Family Skills Services in Huron, Lapeer, and Tuscola Counties through RFP #250000001022. The contract will provide in-home family skills and maintenance services aimed at reducing child abuse and neglect risks, supporting family reunification, and preventing child removal. Services include delivering at least four monthly face-to-face client contacts, developing comprehensive service plans within 30 days of initial home visits, and providing intensive supportive interventions in areas such as conflict resolution, family planning, education, and health maintenance. Bidders must demonstrate ability to develop detailed service plans that include client needs assessments, risk factor evaluations, case goals, and parenting inventory assessments. The technical evaluation will assess proposals on a 125-point scale, with only proposals scoring 100 points or higher being considered for award. Key performance metrics include maintaining 80% of families intact upon service completion, showing parenting skill improvements for 80% of parents, and ensuring 80% of families avoid substantiated child protective services complaints within three months of service completion. The proposal is due February 21, 2025, with the contract term beginning October 1, 2025, and running through September 30, 2028, with potential two additional one-year renewal options.

The solicitation does not explicitly specify set-aside designations or restrictions for disadvantaged enterprises. The maximum contract award is $399,000, divided into three annual allocations of $111,000, which includes $18,000 annually for transportation costs and $4,000 annually for specific assistance funds. Contractors must provide pricing that remains firm for the entire contract term, with potential adjustments considered only for documented changes in contractor costs. Bidders are required to submit unit rates and estimated number of clients to be served, and must have relevant service experience within the past three years. The procurement allows for both Department of Health and Human Services cases and Private Foster Care agency cases. Vendors must be prepared to administer assistance funds, with an average allocation of $300 per family, and develop a written plan detailing fund disbursement procedures and tracking mechanisms. Successful contractors will need to comply with federal provisions outlined in the attached addendum, including requirements related to equal employment opportunity, procurement regulations, and specific federal funding compliance standards.