To Provide Additional Long-Term Care Nursing Facility Capacity in SD
Open State & local contract opportunity Posted
- Solicitation number
- 26RFP-26-0903002-019
- State
- South Dakota
- Responses due
Opportunity facts
- NIGP code
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About this opportunity
The South Dakota Department of Health is soliciting proposals on an ongoing basis for long-term care providers to obtain additional nursing facility beds statewide, with proposals accepted until June 30, 2027. The state has 991 nursing facility beds available for reallocation. Proposals will be evaluated upon submission in the order received.
Respondents must be Medicare-certified, Medicaid-certified, or both, and must operate skilled nursing facilities. The Department strongly encourages providers to dedicate beds to specialized care needs—bariatric services, behavioral health services, care for residents posing risk to themselves or others, tracheostomy care services, and extended long-term stay services—and to develop home and community-based services alongside facility-based care. Preference in evaluation will be given to proposals addressing identified special care needs in each geographic area and to demonstrated commitment to home and community-based service expansion.
Awarded providers must make beds operational within two years of contract execution and must meet all statutory occupancy rate requirements within a reasonable timeframe, but no later than the end of the state fiscal year following licensure. No specific compensation structure is outlined in the RFP, as this is a capacity allocation rather than a fixed-price procurement.
Submission requirements include an original plus three identical paper copies or five identical copies, along with electronic versions in Word or PDF. Each proposal must contain a completed RFP form, executive summary, detailed response to all requirements, cost proposal, and supporting documentation including audited financial statements (upon request), quality assurance plans, workforce plans, and evidence of facility licensing status. Awardees must maintain commercial general liability insurance of at least $1 million per occurrence and professional liability insurance of at least $1 million. Contracts are governed by South Dakota law with venue in the Sixth Judicial Circuit, Hughes County.
Opportunity text
South Dakota is committed to fostering a system of long-term care services and supports by administering programs, services, and activities in the most integrated setting appropriate to the needs of its older citizens and persons with disabilities.
Pursuant to SDCL §§ 34-12-35.6 & 35.7, the Department of Health (DOH) may annually consider the need for additional nursing facility beds in defined areas of the State and may increase the number of nursing home beds in order to meet an identified need in the State. Pursuant to SDCL § 34-12-35.8, DOH shall solicit proposals through the statutorily established request for proposals process. The specific purpose of this RFP is to solicit proposals from long-term care providers who are interested in obtaining additional long-term care nursing facility beds. Proposals will be accepted on an ongoing basis until June 30, 2027, or until all available beds have been reallocated. Proposals will be evaluated upon submission and in the order in which they are received. Consistent with our efforts to identify and address identified needs for additional long-term care nursing facility capacity within the state, the Department of Health also strongly encourages providers to expand their capacity to deliver home and community-based services to ensure that all South Dakotans have the opportunity to live close to family and friends, achieve maximum independence, engage in productive and fulfilling employment, and participate in community life.
Currently, DOH has available a total of 991 nursing facility beds that are eligible to be reallocated in order to meet the long-term care needs of the residents of South Dakota. Proposals are being solicited statewide in an effort to increase additional long-term care capacity within the State. Preference will be given to proposals to the degree that they seek to address the particular special care needs in each area as outlined in this RFP, and to the respondent's commitment to consider developing home and community-based services into the future.
Offerors may email inquiries concerning this RFP to obtain clarification of requirements. No inquiries will be accepted after the date and time indicated in the Schedule of Activities. Inquiries must be emailed to Jennifer Maeschen at jennifer.maeschen@state.sd.us with the subject line "RFP #26-0903002-019".
The State will respond to offeror's inquiries (if required) via e-mail. In addition, all inquiries and the State's response will be posted on the state's e-procurement system. Offerors may not rely on any other statements, either of a written or oral nature, that alter any specification or other term or condition of this RFP. Offerors will be notified in the same manner as indicated above regarding any modifications to this RFP.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
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| RFP Document.pdf |
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