Inmate Professional Health Services

The government authority located in Atlanta, Georgia is seeking a vendor to provide routine integrated medical, behavioral health services, and emergency treatment of health problems for detainees. The agency needs to deliver timely, appropriate medical and psychological care consistent with correctional healthcare best practices. Through adequate assessment, intervention, and monitoring, the agency aims to reduce the risk of harm to detainees and staff while enhancing the safe management of individuals with health and mental health needs through staff training and consultation. The scope of work covers nursing services, mental health clinician services, and coordination with designated external partners, such as psychiatric medical groups, for specialty clinics as required. Nursing services require a Director of Nursing to oversee nursing practice standards, shift coverage, coordination with mental health, intake medical screenings, routine sick-call, medication administration, chronic care support, wound care, health education, infection control, and emergency response. Mental health clinician services require licensed clinical social workers, counselors, or psychiatric nurse practitioners to deliver assessments, short-term counseling, care plans, and approved group interventions. Eligible bidders must be onshore organizations based only in the United States. The agency requires the vendor to perform the work offsite and carry out the work within the vendor's own office premises. The agency is looking for proposals to determine the budget, and the source document does not specify further evaluation criteria or key dates.