Speech-Language Therapy Services

Deming Public Schools in Luna County, New Mexico, is soliciting a Request for Proposals (RFP) for bilingual speech-language therapy services to support students with disabilities in their special education programs. The district seeks to contract up to 12 full-time therapists, specifically five English or bilingual therapists and seven bilingual therapists, for a four-year period covering school years 2024-25, 2025-26, 2026-27, and 2027-28. Therapists will be required to work 7.5 hours per day according to the district's student attendance calendar, with responsibilities including direct therapy, participating in IEP meetings, conducting evaluations, reporting student progress, and consulting with staff and parents. The proposal will be evaluated using a 100-point scoring system, with points distributed across specifications (25 points), in-person versus virtual service delivery (5 points), personnel requirements (20 points), references (20 points), and pricing (30 points). The proposal opening date is set for May 15, 2024, at 3:00 PM MST, with the contract allowing either party to discontinue services by providing written notice by April 1st of each school year.

The RFP includes preferences for local and veteran-owned businesses, with an 8% preference for in-state or Native American resident businesses and a 10% preference for resident veteran businesses. Therapists must be licensed professionals who are bilingual in English and Spanish, with the ability to provide comprehensive work history and references. The district reserves the right to veto proposed personnel and will only compensate for services actually rendered, with invoicing to be completed weekly or monthly. Vendors must submit an all-inclusive hourly rate that covers all services, with gross receipts tax listed separately. While specific budget ranges are not explicitly detailed, the comprehensive nature of the four-year contract suggests a significant investment in speech-language therapy services for the district. No incumbent vendors are mentioned in the documentation, and there are no explicit restrictions on the types of organizations that can respond beyond the licensing and bilingual requirements for individual therapists.