Behavioral Health, Peer Support, and Resilience Services
- Client
- Berkeley, California
- RFP Number
- HEALTH-11017
- Posted
- 10/15/2026
- Category
- Health and Related Services
- Budget
- Looking for Proposals
- NAICS
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- Set-aside
- —
- Contact
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Description
AI GeneratedThe City of Berkeley, California seeks a vendor to provide behavioral health, peer support, and resilience services for firefighters, emergency medical personnel, public-safety employees, and their families. The buyer requires trauma-informed, culturally responsive services capable of addressing acute critical incidents and cumulative occupational stress. Scope includes strengthening operational stress management, promoting early help-seeking, supporting critical incident recovery, enhancing the Peer Support Team, and offering timely access to clinicians familiar with first-responder culture. Eligible applicants are restricted to onshore USA organizations capable of performing the work onsite in Berkeley, CA. Applicants must submit their responses digitally via email or online, though the provided text does not state specific deadlines, evaluation criteria, contract terms, or budget limits.
Key solicitation details
AI-extracted from BHPSRS.docx. Confirm against the original documents before bidding.
The City of Berkeley Fire Department seeks competitive written proposals from qualified behavioral health providers for Behavioral Health, Peer Support, and Resilience Services. Total price shall not exceed $50,000. Qualified behavioral health providers with demonstrated experience supporting firefighters and emergency medical personnel are eligible to bid.
- Issued by
- City of Berkeley Fire Department
- Sent to Vendors
- 10/14/2026
- Proposals due
- 10/28/2026 – 5:00 p.m.
- Contract start
- December 1, 2026
- How to submit
- Submission details
- Submit proposal on company letterhead via email.
- Contract term
- six months, beginning approximately December 1, 2026
- Estimated value
- Total price shall not exceed $50,000
- Place of performance
- Berkeley, CA
Scope of work
- First Responder Behavioral Health Expertise providing up to 145 counseling sessions
- Sixteen hours of ongoing clinical consultation and support for the Peer Support Team
- 24/7 clinical consultation for significant incidents and critical incident support
- Confidential behavioral health assessment, brief support, and EAP navigation
- Program consultation and development for team meetings and protocols
- Confidentiality maintenance and non-identifying aggregate program reporting
Minimum qualifications
- Licensed master's- or doctorate-level behavioral health clinicians
- Demonstrated experience working with firefighters, EMS personnel, public-safety employees, and their families
- Understanding of fire-service culture, shift work, confidentiality concerns, and operational demands
Documents to include with the bid
- Proposal on company letterhead
- Identification of proposed service areas and service approach description
- Qualifications and licensure of proposed clinicians
- Documentation of experience working with firefighters, EMS, or public-safety populations
- Availability details, including after-hours and emergency availability
- Proposed staffing model
- Pricing including lump sum, hourly, on-call, training, or applicable rates
- At least three references or examples of comparable work
Verify important details
Document checkConfirm submission instructions and amendments with the issuing agency before responding.
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