What the buyer needs

AI summary

The buyer seeks a contractor to deliver part-time clinical support services as a Center Mental Health Consultant for the Pine Ridge Job Corps Center, encompassing an estimated 520 hours. The contractor will support center mental health counselors to address critical staffing needs, student outcomes, and expanded utilization of support services. This acquisition is a total small business set-aside open to onshore USA organizations under NAICS codes 621330, 621420, and 623220. Offerors may submit their responses digitally via email or online, and they must provide firm-fixed pricing for all line items across the base year and any option periods. The agency intends to make a single award using a best-value tradeoff process based on technical capability, past performance, and price. Technical capability and past performance are more important than price, though price becomes the determining factor if proposals are technically equal.

Scope of work

Provide on-site mental health care services for all students on center
Perform applicant file reviews with recommendations within specified timeframes
Conduct mental health intake assessments and develop treatment plans
Monitor students with chronic mental health conditions and participate in chronic care management
Provide short-term therapy, mental health checks, and crisis management
Conduct at least one annual center-wide mental health promotion and education activity
Submit a monthly CMHC utilization report to the Health and Wellness Director
Maintain a sign-in and sign-out log for all billed hours

How proposals are evaluated

Criterion	Weight / scoring
Factor 1: Technical	Not specified
Past Performance	Not specified
Factor 2: Price	Not specified

Minimum qualifications

Active, unrestricted license to practice as an independent practitioner in the state where the center is located without supervision
Minimum 1 year of experience as a licensed independent practitioner providing assessment and treatment services to adolescents and young adults
Key personnel approval by the Department of Labor (DOL) prior to award or replacement
Pass background check requirements
Active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM)

Documents to include with your response

Attachment 1 – Schedule of Items (with pricing for all items)
Technical submission addressing PWS requirements
Proof of licensing, certification, or accreditation
Proof of required insurance coverage
Representation and certification provisions as required

How to submit

Method: Email
Instructions: Submit via email to Contracting Officer Darlene Chase at [email protected]. Individual file attachments must not exceed 20 MB.

Incumbent and award research

No incumbent history found for this requirement. The notice does not cite a current contract, and no earlier award from this buying office matches it.

Market context

Awards in the same category (Offices of Mental Health Practitioners (except Physicians)). This is not this requirement's award history.

Recent similar awards: Department of Agriculture, NAICS 621330, performed in NE

Vendor and award	Value	Ends
THE RIGHT SOLUTION, INC.1282A722F0337 · SUBSTANCE ABUSE COUNSELING SERVICES; PINE RIDGE; CHADRON, NE; NEW TASK ORDER	$51,312	Sep 30, 2023
THE RIGHT SOLUTION, INC.1282A722F0011 · SUBSTANCE ABUSE COUNSELING SERVICES; PINE RIDGE JCC; CHADRON, NE; NEW TASK ORDER	$30,531	Sep 30, 2022
AFFINITY THERAPY ASSOCIATES LLC1282A719C0017 · MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING SERVICES; PINE RIDGE JOB CORPS CENTER; CHADRON, NE; NEW AWARD	$73,990	Dec 31, 2021

Top vendors in this category: Department of Agriculture, NAICS 621330, since Oct 1, 2024

76 contract awards in this NAICS over the period.

1. THE RIGHT SOLUTION, INC.$288.8K
2. CHIRON THERRA GLOBAL, LLC$283.0K
3. CLOSE THE GAP LLC$269.8K
4. MYNDA DANYEL OHS$165.3K
5. CLARK DANIEL W$108.3K

Source: USAspending.gov federal award data (U.S. federal public data). A contract is called the incumbent only when the notice or its documents cite it by number.