RFP 26-735 Behavioral Intervention Services

The DeKalb County School District (DCSD) Exceptional Education Department has issued RFP 26-735 seeking qualified providers to supply Board Certified Behavior Analysts (BCBAs) for behavioral consultative and direct services to students with disabilities enrolled in the district. The procuring agency is the DeKalb County School District, located in Stone Mountain, Georgia, within DeKalb County jurisdiction. The scope of services encompasses both consultative offerings—including in-school consultations, program development, training, behavioral analysis, court testimony, and IEP meeting attendance—and direct services such as student assessments, functional behavior assessments, functional analyses, behavioral interventions, and behavioral evaluations. Offerors must submit fixed hourly rate pricing for BCBAs, Registered Behavior Technicians (RBTs), and Certified Applied Behavior Analysts (ABAs), with all costs including labor, materials, equipment, supplies, insurance, travel, and administrative overhead. Required qualifications include state licensure by Georgia or equivalent authorization to provide services in the state, appropriate state licenses for all assigned employees, and submission of audited financial statements for 2023 and 2024, business licenses, certificates of insurance with minimum limits of $1,000,000 per occurrence and $2,000,000 annual aggregate, and E-Verify compliance certifications. The evaluation criteria allocate 100 points across firm overview (20 points), scope of services (35 points), relevant experience and expertise (20 points), professional references (10 points), and cost proposal (15 points). The optional pre-proposal conference is scheduled for May 19, 2026, at 2:00 PM via Microsoft Teams; the deadline for submitting questions is May 22, 2026, at 12:00 PM with responses posted by May 29, 2026, at 4:30 PM; and proposals must be submitted electronically by June 4, 2026, at 2:00 PM via the IonWave portal.

The RFP does not specify set-aside designations or restrictions limiting competition to specific organization types or disadvantaged enterprises, indicating open competition to all qualified providers. No incumbent vendors or current contractors are identified in the procurement documents. The initial contract duration is one year from the final execution date, with up to four optional one-year extensions subject to District approval and fiscal year funding approval by the DeKalb County Board of Education, with services expected to commence in August 2026. Per O.C.G.A. 20-2-506, the Board of Education has established a not-to-exceed annual spending authorization that applies collectively across all awarded vendors, though no specific dollar amount is disclosed in the available documentation. The District reserves the right to make multiple awards, request best and final offers, and terminate contracts for convenience with three business days' notice. Price modifications may be requested once annually upon contract renewal with written justification and ninety days' advance notice, and compensation is based solely on the pricing documentation submitted in the proposal response with no add-on charges permitted.