Chickasaw Nation Evidence-Based Suicide Prevention Training Services

The Chickasaw Nation Department of Family Services, Integrated Services Division, seeks proposals from qualified onshore U.S. organizations to coordinate, administer, and deliver approved evidence-based suicide prevention training programs. Selected contractors will provide one or more designated courses—Adult Mental Health First Aid, Question, Persuade, Refer, Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training, safeTALK, or Counseling on Access to Lethal Means—either in person or virtually over a one-year term. Responsibilities include managing logistics, participant registration, course materials, instructors, evaluations, attendance records, and completion certificates. Applicants must submit proposals by email to Christopher Rogers at [email protected] before 5:00 PM CST on the deadline specified in the Schedule of Events. The Chickasaw Nation will evaluate proposals based on a 100-point scale comprising organizational experience (20 points), instructor qualifications and certifications (20 points), training approach and methodology (20 points), administrative capacity (20 points), experience serving tribal communities and cultural responsiveness (10 points), and a cost proposal (10 points).