Non-IT RFP Agency Services Sourcing Event Template

The purpose of this Request for Proposal (RFP) is to obtain a Vendor to partner with the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NC DHHS), Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities and Substance Use Services (DMH/DD/SUS or "Division") to develop a standardized core competency curriculum that provides high quality, standardized training for potential and current Direct Support Professionals (DSPs) in the state of North Carolina.

The contract is designed to develop a high quality training curriculum to increase retention and recruitment in the NC DSP Workforce by increasing job competency, job satisfaction, and professionalizing the role of a DSP.

The intent of this solicitation is to award an Agency Specific Contract.

The DSP Core Competency Curriculum ("Curriculum") will provide a highly qualified, standardized core competency training curriculum that provides high quality, standardized training for potential and current DSPs in the state of North Carolina.

The Vendor will develop a curriculum that meets the requirements of both Rule 10A NCAC 27G.0204 Competencies and Supervision of Paraprofessionals and Medicaid and Health Choice Clinical Coverage Policy No: 8-P. The Curriculum will cover core skills required in Rule 10A NCAC 27G.0204 and Policy No: 8-P as defined in the specifications below. The Curriculum will be designed to be accessible online, available in English and Spanish, and accessible to participants that are Deaf and/or hard of hearing.

The Vendor will provide the completed Curriculum to DMH/DD/SUS. The Curriculum will become the property of DMH/DD/SUS during and after the Contract period for all purposes.

Vendor shall provide a crosswalk identifying where each competency required by Specification Item Nos. 1 and 2 is addressed within the proposed Curriculum.

Vendor's proposals for this procurement must be submitted through the Sourcing Tool.

**Submission:** Only Proposals submitted through the Content Section of the NC eProcurement Sourcing Event will be considered. Proposals submitted through the Message Board will not be accepted or considered for award.

The Contract shall have an initial term of one (1) year, beginning on the date of final Contract execution (the "Effective Date"). The Vendor shall begin work under the Contract within fifteen (15) days of the Effective Date.

A ranking method of source selection will be utilized in this procurement using evaluation criteria listed in order of importance in the Evaluation Criteria section below to allow the State to award this RFP to the Vendor(s) providing the Best Value and recognizing that Best Value may result in award other than the lowest price or highest technically qualified offer.

All qualified proposals will be evaluated, and award made based on considering the following criteria listed in descending order of importance, to result in an award most advantageous to the State:

• Vendor Technical Approach (Section 5.5 Technical Approach)
• Vendor Project Organization (Section 5.4 PROJECT ORGANIZATION)
• Vendor Experience (Section 4.3. VENDOR EXPERIENCE)
• Pricing (Attachment A: PRICING FORM)

Vendor shall upload to the Sourcing Tool at least three (3) references, using *ATTACHMENT: CUSTOMER REFERENCE FORM*.