Youth Outpatient Specialty Mental Health Services

San Benito County Behavioral Health (herein after referred to as County) is seeking to solicit and award a multi-year contract to the most qualified service provider (herein after referred to as Respondent) for youth and transitional age youth (TAY) Outpatient Specialty Mental Health Services (SMHS) including but not limited to Clinical support, therapy, and case management services. .

All agencies submitting a proposal shall provide administrative and direct program services to County’s Medi-Cal clients as defined in Title 9, Division 1, Chapter 11 of the California Code of Regulations. For clients under the age of 25, the Respondent shall provide all medically necessary specialty mental health services required pursuant to Section 1396d(r) of Title 42 of the United States Code (Welfare & Inst. Code 14184.402 (d)).

San Benito County has a population of approximate 67,000 residents, inclusive of two incorporated cities, the City of Hollister, and the City of San Juan Bautista. The County is located 30 minutes of Monterey Bay and 45 minutes south of San Jose, and is a General Law County that operates under a County Board of Supervisors, a County Administrative Officer, and elected and appointed Department Heads.

The contract awarded under this RFP shall be subject to any restrictions, limitations, and/or conditions imposed by County or State or federal funding sources that may in any way affect the fiscal provisions of funding for this contract. This contract is also contingent upon sufficient funds being made available by County, state, or federal funding sources for the term of the contract. If the federal or state governments reduce financial participation in the Medi-Cal program, County agrees to meet with Respondent to discuss renegotiating the services required by this agreement.

Funding is provided by fiscal year. For the purposes of this agreement, the fiscal year begins July 1 and ends the following June 30. Any unspent fiscal year appropriation does not roll over and is not available for services provided in subsequent years.

The County will select the proposal that presents the best value and is most advantageous to the County and the public. Accordingly, the County may not necessarily award the proposer with the lowest price proposal if doing so would not be in the overall best interest of the County. The County reserves the right to expand or reduce the proposed scope of services during the contract negotiations based on budget constraints and to award single or multiple proposers.

The proposed period of the contract is 3 year term with the possibility of a single 1-year extensions for a Contractor performing satisfactorily. The execution of this extension is at the sole discretion of the San Benito County Behavioral Health Department.