RFP 26-51-001 Bartow County Wellness Clinic

Bartow County Government in Georgia issued RFP 26-51-001 on April 6, 2026, to procure Near-Site Employee Wellness Clinic Services, with optional participation by the City of Cartersville. The procurement seeks qualified vendors to establish and operate a comprehensive employer-sponsored onsite/near-site clinic serving approximately 750 Bartow County full-time employees and 2,000 covered health plan members, with potential expansion to an additional 356 City of Cartersville employees. The scope of services encompasses primary and preventive care, laboratory and diagnostic services, in-clinic pharmacy dispensing, occupational medicine services (including drug and alcohol testing, workers' compensation services, and firefighter medicals per NFPA 1582 standards), care coordination, and telehealth services. The clinic must operate a minimum of 40 hours per week with at least two early-morning or early-evening days and maintain staffing including a full-time Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN), medical assistants, and a Georgia-licensed physician medical director. Proposals are due by 3:00 PM ET on May 22, 2026, with a questions deadline of May 9, 2026. The evaluation timeline includes shortlist notification on June 1, 2026, vendor presentations June 8-12, 2026, notice of intent to award on June 15, 2026, and Commissioner award by July 8, 2026, with a target go-live date of Q4 2026 or Q1 2027. Proposals will be evaluated based on clinical model and staffing (30%), occupational health capabilities (15%), data and reporting outcomes (10%), implementation plan (15%), price and value (25%), and references and past performance (5%).

The RFP does not specify set-aside designations or restrictions limiting response eligibility to particular organization types or disadvantaged enterprises. No incumbent vendor or current contractor is identified in this procurement. Vendors must submit flexible pricing models including options for fixed monthly base plus unit pricing for occupational services, per-member-per-month (PMPM) pricing plus occupational health unit pricing, or fee-for-service occupational health plus fixed clinic base, with separate pricing proposals required for Bartow County only and for Bartow County plus City of Cartersville participation. All pricing must include implementation and start-up costs, vaccines, labs, point-of-care tests, and medications with dispensing, with no balance-billing to members for covered clinic services. Vendors must carry professional liability insurance of at least $1 million per occurrence/$3 million aggregate, general liability of $1 million per occurrence, and cyber/privacy coverage of $1 million. Bartow County retains all audit rights, reserves the right to reject any or all proposals, and will execute a Business Associate Agreement with the selected vendor to ensure HIPAA compliance and protected health information segregation.