Incident Management and Investigation Training C5919

The Commonwealth of Kentucky's Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Department for Behavioral Health, Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities (DBHDID), is issuing a Request for Proposal (RFP 729 2600000078) for Incident Management and Investigation Training services. The procuring agency seeks a qualified contractor to deliver comprehensive training programs to DBHDID staff, facility staff, and community service personnel across seventeen state facilities serving approximately 800 individuals daily. The contractor must deliver four primary service components: two annual Certified Investigator Training classes (five days each, maximum 30 participants), one annual Mortality Review and Death Investigations training class (two days, maximum 30 participants), two annual Advanced Investigations and Evaluating Quality of Investigations training classes (three days plus one additional evaluation day, maximum 15 participants), and ongoing consultative services regarding incident investigative issues and regulatory changes. Training delivery may occur at a central location, via ZOOM, or via TEAMS as determined by DBHDID. Training instructors must possess a minimum of five years' experience in conducting abuse, neglect, and exploitation investigations for publicly funded agencies, and curriculum must be submitted for DBHDID approval prior to implementation. The evaluation criteria allocate 800 points to the technical proposal (addressing curriculum suitability, experience and expertise, service delivery plans, and past performance with references), 800 points to the cost proposal with lowest price receiving maximum points, and up to 200 points for oral presentations if required, for a maximum of 1,800 points; proposals scoring below 480 points on the technical evaluation are eliminated from consideration. Written questions are due by April 10, 2026, with proposals due by May 8, 2026 at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time, reflecting an extension from the original May 1, 2026 deadline via Addendum 1.

The RFP does not indicate specific set-aside designations or restrictions limiting participation to particular types of organizations such as disadvantaged enterprises. The contract term runs from July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2028, with the Commonwealth retaining the right to renew for up to two additional two-year periods subject to approval by the Secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet and the Legislative Research Commission's Government Contract Review Committee. Contractors must maintain Commercial General Liability Insurance with minimum limits of $1,000,000 per occurrence and $2,000,000 aggregate, plus Professional Liability Insurance of $1,000,000 per claim, with the Commonwealth and its agents named as additional insureds on a primary and non-contributory basis. Proposals must be submitted electronically through the Kentucky Vendor Self Service system in three separate documents (technical proposal, cost proposal using the Revised Cost Proposal Form, and proprietary information), with each file not exceeding 65,000 KB. The cost proposal must include all-inclusive pricing for training services and an hourly consultation rate for fiscal year 2027, though no minimum use of contract services is guaranteed. No specific award value or budget range is disclosed in the solicitation materials, and the Commonwealth reserves the right to reject all proposals.