On-Call Licensed/Registered Dietician

The Commonwealth of Kentucky, Department of Veterans Affairs, Paul E Patton Eastern Kentucky Veterans Center in Montgomery County is soliciting qualified vendors to provide on-call licensed/registered dietician services through this Request for Proposal (RFP) released July 1, 2025, with proposals due by 3:00 PM EST on July 15, 2025. The scope of work encompasses performing in-depth nutritional assessments, developing and implementing nutritional care plans, documenting medical nutritional therapy, conducting kitchen inspections, approving menus, and educating staff and residents on dietary topics while ensuring compliance with state and federal regulations. Vendors must provide a licensed/registered dietician within seven days of request and maintain a pool of available clinicians within a sixty-mile radius of the Hazard, Kentucky facility, with no overnight stays required. Required qualifications include current Kentucky licensure to practice nutrition and dietetics, current liability insurance, completion of onsite orientation, passing background checks with fingerprinting, tuberculosis test results from the previous twelve months, drug test results, and professional references. The technical proposal is evaluated on a maximum of 800 points based on professional references, relevant experience in long-term care and skilled nursing facilities, ability to meet seven-day response requirements, and availability of qualified staff within the sixty-mile radius, while the cost proposal is evaluated on a maximum of 400 points with pricing broken down by regular pay, holiday pay, shift preference pay, and overtime pay. The initial contract term runs from August 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026, with the Commonwealth reserving the right to renew for up to two additional two-year periods subject to Finance and Administration Cabinet approval and Legislative Research Commission review.

The RFP documents do not indicate specific set-aside designations or restrictions limiting responses to particular types of organizations or disadvantaged enterprises. No incumbent vendors or current contractors are identified in the available documentation. Vendors are responsible for all travel and lodging costs associated with providing services to the facility. The contract is not effective until approved by the Secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet and filed with the Legislative Research Commission's Government Contract Review Committee. No specific award value or budget range is disclosed in the RFP summary; pricing shall be submitted separately in a sealed cost proposal, with the lowest-priced proposal receiving the maximum 400-point score in the cost evaluation category.