Ohio Substance Abuse Monitoring (OSAM) Regional Epidemiologist FY25

1. MISSION & GUIDING PRINCIPLES

1. PURPOSE

1. BACKGROUND

1. SCOPE OF WORK AND DELIVERABLES

1. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS OF CONTRACTOR

Master’s degree in social sciences (public health, psychology, social work, counseling, anthropology, or sociology) with relevant research experience in qualitative data collection, or licensure in counseling/social work with extensive knowledge of AOD addiction and 24 mos. experience in delivering AOD treatment/prevention services; Preference given to applicants with university academic research experience. Major worker characteristics include knowledge of epidemiology and ethnographic research methods used in field data collection, ability to follow research protocols, collect data, thematically organize data, draw valid conclusions, and prepare meaningful, concise and accurate reports .

Contractor shall not be subject to an “unresolved” finding for recovery under Section 9.24 of Ohio Revised Code.

EVALUATION PROCESS
MHAS’s evaluation process of responses submitted to this request may consist of up to four distinct phases:
1. MHAS’s initial review of all proposals for timely submission;
2. An evaluation committee review of the proposals for defects and scoring;
3. MHAS’s request for more information (clarifications, interviews, presentations, and/or demonstrations); and,
4. Negotiations or best offer requests.

At its sole discretion, MHAS will determine whether phases three and/or four are necessary under this RFP, reserving for itself the ability to eliminate or add phases three or four at any time during the evaluation process. MHAS may add or remove sub-phases to phases 2 through 4 at any time if MHAS believes doing so will improve the evaluation process.

PROPOSAL EVALUATION CRITERIA
In the proposal evaluation phase, MHAS staff or reviewers selected by MHAS (the committee) will rate the proposals submitted in response to this RFP based on the following criteria and weight assigned to each criterion.