Awarded vendors
- Meridian Hospitals Corp.
- Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care
Description
This solicitation created a statewide Collaborative Behavioral Health Care Program consisting of five regional “hubs,” each tasked with embedding child‑ and adolescent‑psychiatry expertise into pediatric primary‑care practices. Each hub must provide universal mental‑health screening, rapid psychiatric consultation, direct evaluations, care‑coordination, provider enrollment via a web portal, ongoing education for primary‑care clinicians, and robust data‑collection for program evaluation. Funding of $555,555 per hub (total $2,777,775) supports start‑up costs, personnel, services, and optional evaluation activities. The award was split: Meridian Hospitals Corp. received contracts for four hubs (Bergen; Hunterdon/Somerset/Sussex/Warren; Morris/Passaic; Union & Hudson) and Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care received the contract for the Essex County hub. Mandatory pre‑award activities included a bidders’ conference and a strict bid‑submission deadline.
• Scope: Multidisciplinary mental‑health service integration into primary‑care across five New Jersey regions.
• Funding: Fixed‑price award of $555,555 per hub, with an 8 % ceiling on indirect costs.
• Requirements: CAP, LCSW/LPC (or psychologist), care coordinator, administrative support; same‑day urgent consults, 2‑week urgent evaluations, 4‑week standard evaluations; web‑based provider portal; data‑driven outcomes reporting.