REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP)

RESIDENTIAL CHILD CARE

SSA/RCC/13-001-S

AMENDMENT #4

October 22, 2012

Prospective Offerors:

This amendment is being issued to amend certain information in the above named RFP. All information contained herein is binding on all Offerors who respond to this RFP. Specific parts of the RFP have been amended. The changes are listed below. New language has been double underlined and marked in bold (i.e., word).

1.  Revise RFP Section 2.34 F as follows:

Contractor shall:

1.  Submit monthly quarterly to the State Project Manager and DHR MBE Liaison a report listing any unpaid invoices, over thirty (30) days old, received from any MDOT certified MBE subcontractor, the amount of each invoice and the reason payment has not been made (Prime Contractor Unpaid MBE Invoice Report (Revised 10/19/12), Attachment J).

2.  Include in its agreements with its MDOT certified MBE subcontractors a requirement that those subcontractors submit monthly quarterly to the State Project Manager and DHR MBE Liaison a report that identifies the prime Contract and lists all payments received from the Contractor in the preceding 30 days, as well as any outstanding invoices, and the amount of those invoices (Subcontractor Payment Invoice Report (Revised 10/19/12), Attachment K).

2. Revise RFP Section 3.4 M. 1 as follows:

A.  Family Centered Practice

1.  Participate in all LDSS FIMs, reviews, and court hearings pertaining to case planning, treatment, placement setting, permanency, and family resources, to include, at a minimum, all ISP reviews. Scheduled FIMs with the relevant invited employees of the Contractor and LDSS shall take place at least every ninety (90) calendar days to review, re-assess and, if necessary, revise the ISP for each child. critical decision making points for the children. Key (critical) decision making times include Removal or considered removal, Placement change, Recommendation for permanency change, Youth Transitional Plan, and Voluntary Placement Agreement.”

3.  Revise section 3.4 G of the RFP as follows:

G. Staff Security

2. Not employ any person who has been convicted of the following:

a.  Child abuse

b.  Child neglect

c.  Spousal abuse

d.  A crime against children, including child pornography

e.  A crime involving violence, including but not limited to, rape, sexual assault, homicide; and assault

f. has a conviction within 5 years of applying for a job with the program for assault or a drug-related offense

4. Revise RFP Section 3.5 as follows:

3.5 Reports

A.  Contractors shall submit the following reports to the LDSS Case Worker in the time period requested:

1. Individual Service/Treatment Plans – Due thirty (30) business days after placement and every ninety (90) business days thereafter.

2.  Results of CANS Assessment – Due thirty (30) business days after placement and every ninety (90) business days thereafter

5. Revise RFP Section 3.5 F3 as follows:

2.  Prime Contractor Unpaid MBE Invoice Report (Rev. 10/19/2012) (Attachment J) and Subcontractor Payment Invoice Report (Attachment K) due by the 15th of the month following the report month quarter. Copies of these forms are also to be submitted to the DHR MBE Liaison (whose address is on the forms, see Section 2.33 F).

6. Revise RFP Section 4.1 as follows:

The envelope of each Proposal must be labeled as follows:

§  NAME OF OFFEROR:

§  TECHNICAL PROPOSALS or FINANCIAL PROPOSAL FOR THE IRC or MSDE Division of Special Education- Early Intervention Services Nonpublic Section

-  FINANCIAL PROPOSALS for Existing DHR RCC Contractors must be labeled FINANCIAL PROPOSAL - RATE LETTER

-  FINANCIAL PROPOSALS for New Offerors or Existing DHR RCC Contractors proposing to serve a “new program” (see Section 1.10, MM for the definition of a “new program”) should be labeled FINANCIAL PROPOSAL FOR THE IRC

-  FINANCIAL PROPOSALS for New Offerors or Existing DHR RCC Contractors proposing to serve a Program with a Type III School should be labeled FINANCIAL PROPOSAL FOR MSDE Division of Special Education- Early Intervention Services Nonpublic Section

§  RCC PROGRAM CATEGORY:

§  GEOGRAPHICAL REGION(S)(COUNTY):

§  SEALED PROPOSAL – Department of Human Resources

§  AGENCY CONTROL NUMBER: SSA/RCC-13-001-S

§  PROPOSAL DUE DATE & TIME: 3:00 P.M, EST, 11/2/2012

§  PROCUREMENT OFFICER: Keosha Hall

§  ROOM #: 946

7.  Revise RFP Section 4.2 General Requirements for all Contractors as follows:

5. Organizational Structure

b. 6. 3. Offerors shall include in the Proposal job descriptions and individual resumes for staff designated by the Offeror in the Proposal as being its Key Personnel who are to be assigned to this project if the Offeror is awarded the Contract. The Offeror’s Key Personnel shall include, at a minimum, the Contractor’s Project Manager and Certified Program Administrator.

(Note: Any professional licenses, certificates, etc. required of the Offerors’ Key Personnel shall be included here)

8.  Revise Attachment J Prime Contractor Unpaid MBE Invoice Report of the RFP as follows:

DELETE ATTACHMENT J, Prime Contractor Unpaid MBE Invoice Report in its entirety and REPLACE it with the following Attachment J Prime Contractor Unpaid MBE Invoice Report (Revised 10/22/12) located on the DHR Website at http://dhr.maryland.gov/crfp/SSA-RCC-13-001-S.php or eMaryland Marketplace at https://emaryland.buyspeed.com/bso/.

9.  Revise Attachment K Subcontractor Payment Invoice Report of the RFP as follows:

DELETE ATTACHMENT K, Subcontractor Payment Invoice Report in its entirety and REPLACE it with the following Attachment K Subcontractor Payment Invoice Report (Revised 10/22/12) located on the DHR Website at http://dhr.maryland.gov/crfp/SSA-RCC-13-001-S.php or eMaryland Marketplace at https://emaryland.buyspeed.com/bso/.

10.  Revise Attachment P - Checklist for Proposal Submission of the RFP as follows:

DELETE ATTACHMENT P - Checklist for Proposal Submission in its entirety and REPLACE it with the following ATTACHMENT P - Checklist for Proposal Submission (Revised 10/22/12) located on the DHR Website at http://dhr.maryland.gov/crfp/SSA-RCC-13-001-S.php or eMaryland Marketplace at https://emaryland.buyspeed.com/bso/.

11.  Revise Attachment O – Contract Compliance Checklist and Time Frames of the RFP follows:

DELETE ATTACHMENT O - Contract Compliance Checklist and Time Frames in its entirety and REPLACE it with the following ATTACHMENT O - Contract Compliance Checklist and Time Frames (Revised 10/22/12) located on the DHR Website at http://dhr.maryland.gov/crfp/SSA-RCC-13-001-S.php or eMaryland Marketplace at https://emaryland.buyspeed.com/bso/.

Should you require clarification of the information provided in this Amendment, please contact me via email at or by telephone at (410) 767-3390.

By:

Keosha S. Hall

Procurement Officer