IFB #26-20027-000 Performance Art Educator Services

The California Department of State Hospitals (DSH) - Metropolitan is requesting bids for Performance Art Educator Services under IFB #26-20027-000, with bids due August 5, 2026 at 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time. A 5% small business preference is available to California-certified small businesses, microbusinesses, or non-small businesses with 25% small business subcontracting. A disabled veteran business enterprise (DVBE) incentive ranging from one to five percent is available based on DVBE participation levels.

Services are provided at six DSH locations: Atascadero, Coalinga, Metropolitan (Norwalk), Patton, Sacramento, and Napa. The contractor shall develop and deliver performance art educator workshops to adult patients with varying degrees of mental illnesses for a maximum of twelve hours per week on Mondays through Thursdays, 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., excluding state-observed holidays. Deliverables include development and monthly updates to twelve-week lesson plans, coordination with the DSH Contract Manager, submission of attendance records and progress reports, support for biannual special arts events, and participation in mandatory training including DSH Learn HAU requirements and orientation. Subcontractors are not permitted.

Bidders must submit hourly rates not exceeding $85.00 per hour. The estimated scope is 544 hours for the first fiscal year (September 1, 2026 – June 30, 2027) and 588 hours each for the second and third fiscal years, with compensation contingent on actual hours rendered. The contract term runs September 1, 2026 through June 30, 2029.

Contractors must hold a minimum of three consecutive years' experience within the last five years designing and facilitating performance arts workshops for individuals with mental health disabilities in institutional or clinical settings, provide three references from customers served within the past two years, possess valid California business licenses and legal right to do business in California, and complete background checks and tuberculosis screening at their own expense.

Questions are due July 24, 2026 at 2:00 p.m., with DSH responses posted by July 29, 2026. Public bid opening is August 5, 2026 at 2:30 p.m.