Physician Services Glasgow State Nursing Facility C5886

The Commonwealth of Kentucky, Cabinet for Health and Family Services (CHFS), Department for Behavioral Health, Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities, Division of Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities issued a Request for Proposal (RFP 729 2600000064) on March 24, 2026, to procure physician and Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) services for Glasgow State Nursing Facility (GSNF). The facility is a 100-bed long-term care skilled nursing facility serving medically fragile individuals with behavioral health, developmental, and/or intellectual disabilities, with an average daily census of 51.5 patients. The selected vendor must provide at least one licensed physician (M.D.) and at least one APRN or additional licensed physician to deliver daily on-site services with 24-hour on-call coverage seven days per week. Deliverables include daily rounds, supply and equipment consultation, physician consultation services, quality initiative participation, annual resident physicals, daily transcription, psychosocial consult reviews, and laboratory scheduling. Required qualifications include Kentucky medical licensure, malpractice insurance documentation, DEA certification, PPD/TB testing, CPR certification, drug screening, criminal background checks in and out of state, and Office of Inspector General exclusion database verification. Proposed personnel must carry commercial general liability insurance of $1,000,000 per occurrence, medical malpractice insurance of $1,000,000 per incident and $3,000,000 per year, and professional liability insurance. The evaluation criteria consist of a maximum 800 points for the technical proposal (500 points for experience and qualifications, 300 points for behavioral health experience and practice considerations), a maximum 500 points for the cost proposal (with the lowest-priced proposal receiving maximum points), and up to 200 additional points for oral presentations, totaling 1,500 possible points. Proposals scoring fewer than 480 points on the technical evaluation are eliminated. Written questions were due by 2:00 p.m. on March 31, 2026, and proposals are due by 2:00 p.m. on April 17, 2026. The initial contract term is anticipated to be from July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2028, with the Commonwealth reserving the right to renew for up to two additional two-year periods subject to approval by the Finance and Administration Cabinet and the Legislative Research Commission Government Contract Review Committee.

The RFP documents do not specify set-aside designations or restrictions limiting responses to particular organization types, disadvantaged enterprises, or socioeconomic categories. No incumbent vendors or current contractors are identified in the available procurement documents. The selected vendor must comply with a HIPAA-compliant Business Associate Agreement governing the handling of Protected Health Information (PHI), with requirements for administrative, physical, and technical controls, breach notification within sixty days of discovery, and immediate reporting of security incidents to the Covered Entity within five calendar days. The cost proposal structure requires vendors to specify monthly fees for both a Licensed Physician and APRN position for the twelve-month fiscal year 2027 term (ending June 30, 2027); however, no specific budget range or award value is provided in the available documents, and travel expenses are explicitly not reimbursable under the contract. Payment will be structured as an all-inclusive monthly rate, though no minimum caseload or service hours are guaranteed, as service hours will be based on facility needs and availability of state and/or federal funding.