MODIFICATION
G -- REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
- Notice Date
- 1/21/2005
- Notice Type
- Modification
- NAICS
- 621420
— Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers
- Contracting Office
- Department of Justice, Bureau of Prisons, Acquisitions Branch, 320 First Street, NW, Washington, DC, 20534
- ZIP Code
- 20534
- Solicitation Number
- RFI-RASP200-0001-US
- Response Due
- 2/4/2005
- Archive Date
- 2/19/2005
- Description
- This modification is to modify the response date, no other changes have been made. Response Date: February 4, 2005 This announcement is posted as a Request for Information (RFI) only. The Bureau of Prisons is conducting Market Research that may result in a future solicitation being posted on the Federal Business Opportunity (www.fedbizopps.gov) website. This RFI is issued to determine whether there are qualified sources that will be able to meet the requirements, as well as, allow industry an opportunity to provide comment concerning the requirement. The requirement is for Re-Entry and Service Planning (RASP) for male and female Federal offenders held under the authority of the United States Statutes with special medical and/or mental health needs who are releasing or transferring to community-based programs from Bureau institutions. Sources are sought who can provide service plans, program referrals, and scheduling for community treatment and support services, (e.g., mental health, medical, Social Security Income (SSI), housing assistance, substance abuse treatment, etc.) for the time period immediately following the inmate?s release from custody or transfer to a community-based program. Sources should provide comments concerning, or sources for; 1) the development of structured and comprehensive re-entry and service plans (RASP) ; and 2) the referral and scheduling of necessary treatment and services for specifically identified offenders in advance of their re-entry to the community. A previous sample of releasing federal offenders revealed that around 15 percent of releasees had a severe medical and/or mental health problems. Of this group, approximately 60 percent were released directly to the community and the remainder were transferred to Community Corrections Centers (CCC), also known as halfway houses, or Home Confinement. About 18 percent of this group were diagnosed with a severe mental health problem-only and 72 percent were diagnosed with a medical condition and/or a co-occurring mental health problem. Such diagnoses require swift and certain follow-up during the inmate?s re-entry to the community. During fiscal year 2004, approximately 50,000 offenders were released from BOP institutions. Estimates based on our previous sample, indicate that about 7,500 of these offenders would have benefitted from RASP type services. Traditionally, Bureau staff coordinate release planning for offenders leaving Bureau custody or transferring to CCCs. However, to provide additional re-entry services to higher need offenders, the Bureau is exploring various planning options. Linking offenders in need of specialized treatment and program services is essential to ensuring a continuum of care during the re-entry period. RASP development would be done on a case-by-case basis. This would be based on case specific documentation which would be supplied by Bureau staff. Bureau staff would be available for clarifying information as needed. Only in rare circumstances would actual interviews with offenders take place. Based upon the RASP, referrals for identified services would be made and any necessary treatment and/or service appointments would be scheduled (contingent upon the inmate?s identified release date). After the RASP is developed and all necessary scheduling completed, the RASP and referral information would be returned to Bureau staff. Sources should describe their ability to develop a transition treatment plan and the existing relationships which demonstrate their ability to link offenders with the services identified in the treatment plan. These services will include, but are not limited to: medical and mental health assessments; medical and mental health treatment; continuation/follow-up prescriptions for medication; services for those with developmental disabilities; employment services; housing assistance; substance abuse treatment and/or support services; educational/vocational referrals; parenting skills; family counseling and reintegration into the family; SSI/Social Security Disability (SSD) applicant advocacy; public assistance advocacy; and child care referrals. The Bureau operates over 107 federal institutions across the country and offenders often release from institutions geographically distance from their proposed release residence, complicating service and treatment linkages. Consequently, the responses must include the a description of the responder?s ability and/or approach to provide services on a State-wide, regional or national basis. Your response should be no more than ten pages, and should include a discussion of the viability of the re-entry and service planning approach. Responses shall be addressed to Sheila Thompson, Contracting Officer via email at sthompson@bop.gov.
- Place of Performance
- Address: Nationwide USA
- Record
- SN00738117-W 20050123/050121211836 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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