PUBLIC NOTICE – Jefferson County Schools Request for Qualifications Mental/Behavioral Health Services

Published by Editor on May 8, 2023.
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The intent and purpose of this notice for Jefferson County Schools invites you to submit a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) in order to be eligible for providing a collaborative multi-tiered system for school based mental/behavioral health services using in person School-Based Behavioral Health Liaisons (SBBHL) to strengthen the existing services provided by School Counselors and to provide ongoing clinical services as needed.

All questions and request for RFQ specifications can be sent via email to Carrie Trent at ctrent@jcboe.net.

Sealed Qualifications must be marked “Mental/Behavioral Health Services” and either mailed to the Jefferson County Finance Department to the attention of Finance Director Jessica Elder, at P.O. Box 1749, Dandridge, TN 37725 or dropped off at 1244 Gay St., Dandridge, TN 37725. Qualifications will be accepted until 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, May 23, 2023, when sealed documents will be opened in the Finance Department Conference Room at 2:00 pm. After the Board selects a Mental/Behavioral Health Services Provider, the Director of Schools will work with the agency on a proposal and contract to provide the scope of work to Jefferson County Schools.

If awarded, successful vendor is required to provide Affidavit of Compliance with Tennessee Criminal History Records Check, Affidavit of Compliance with Drug free Workplace, general liability insurance policy and workers compensation liability policy.

Jefferson County reserves the right to accept or reject any and all proposals and to waive and all irregularities in the receipt/handling of RFPs. The awarded bidder must be in good standing with the County of Jefferson.

Jefferson County assures that no person shall on the grounds of race, color, national origin, or sex, as provided by Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and as amended, and the Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1987 (P.I. 100.259) be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be otherwise subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving Federal Financial Assistance from the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT).