247134 Support for Health-Related Activities at Massachusetts Public Colleges and Universities

The Department of Public Health is seeking to establish a pre-qualified list of approved vendors, namely Massachusetts public colleges and universities, to be eligible for potential future funding. The purpose of this Request for Response (RFR) is to provide a simplified process for eligible entities to access DPH funding and consolidate multiple sources of funding from DPH. The scope of services includes training, staffing, specialty programming, shared service arrangements, equipment procurement and/or upgrades, renovations, medication purchasing, IT modernization, assessment and evaluation, and other related services. Key requirements include eligibility, scope of services, performance requirements, and contract monitoring. • The vendor must be a public college or university located in Massachusetts. • The vendor must clearly articulate a health-related area where they lack capacity and describe the activities that they will take to address this need. • A budget and timeline or workplan will accompany these requests. • Performance requirements and contract monitoring will depend on the specific health-related engagement. • All funding will be distributed through a Notice of Opportunity on Commbuys. • Engagements executed through this procurement will be disbursed as scheduled periodic installments.