Psychologist Services Limited Rebid Opportunity

The full Request for Qualifications and required submission documents are
posted: https://www.acces.nysed.gov/procurement .

Reason for Reissuance

This procurement is a reissue of RFQ#23-007 Psychologist Services that awarded contracts that commenced on February 12, 2024. ACCES-VR identified service gaps at all 15 District Offices: Albany, Bronx, Brooklyn, Buffalo, Garden City, Hauppauge, Malone, Manhattan, Mid-Hudson, Queens, Rochester, Southern Tier, Syracuse, Utica, White Plains. This RFQ will award contracts for all services identified in the original procurement opportunity (RFQ#23-007). Current contractors that are successful in receiving an award through this RFQ will have the award processed as a contract amendment. New contractors will receive a new contract. Existing Psychologist contractors SHOULD NOT apply unless they wish to provide services not awarded in the original procurement. Contractors that are not able to serve at least one of the fifteen Districts Offices noted above also SHOULD NOT apply.

Purpose of Funding

Provision of specific Psychologist services from a licensed psychologist in the State of New York. These services include Comprehensive Evaluation, Neuropsychological Evaluation, Adaptive Behavior Scale.

Psychologist Services

The New York State Education Department’s (NYSED) Office of Adult Career and Continuing Education Services-Vocational Rehabilitation (ACCES-VR) is seeking qualified psychologists to provide comprehensive psychological evaluations, neuropsychological evaluations, and adaptive behavior scale evaluations of ACCES-VR customers served by the fifteen (15) District Offices in New York State. ACCES-VR assists individuals with disabilities to achieve and maintain employment and to support independent living through training, education, rehabilitation, and career development. Psychological evaluations are used by ACCES-VR vocational rehabilitation counselors (VRCs) to help determine eligibility for VR services; and to prepare the customer’s Individualized Plan for Employment (IPE) after considering the individuals interests, strengths, concerns, abilities, capabilities, and barriers. Psychologists will apply the assessment approach that is most psychometrically sound, fair, comprehensive, and appropriate for customers with disabilities.

Eligible Applicants:

In order to qualify for this RFQ, a psychologist (individuals or those working in a practice) must meet the following minimum qualifications by application deadline.

1. Licensed as a psychologist in the State of New
   1. Pass the Examination for Professional Practice in Psychology (EPPP) with a converted score of at least 75 as determined by the State Board for Psychology. New York State will only require EPPP (Part 1 – Knowledge) as a basis for
   2. Please refer to the NYSED Office of Professions web page , Office of the Professions | Office of the Professions (nysed.gov) for additional information and if licensed in another state.
2. Have a doctoral degree in psychology that was granted on the basis of the completion of a doctoral program in psychology registered by the Department as licensure qualifying, or a doctoral program accredited by the American Psychological Association as a program in health service psychology or determined by the Department to be the substantial
3. Satisfy the Child Abuse Identification Reporting
4. Two years of full-time supervised experience (defined as 1750 clock hours per year) or the part- time equivalent, consistent with the scope of practice in psychology with at least one-year of experience serving individuals with (A one-year internship can count toward the two- year requirement as a licensed psychologist):
5. Agree to accept the reimbursement rates established by ACCES-VR.
6. Must meet with customers at a location that is accessible to all individuals with
7. ACCES-VR Policy 00 Neuropsychological Evaluations Policy , established the following standards when using professionals to conduct neuropsychological assessments for ACCES- VR customers: One year of supervised professional post-doctoral experience in the administration and interpretation of neuropsychological evaluations.

NYSED will award contracts up to a total amount of $2.1 million to all psychologist and psychology practices that meet the minimum qualifications noted above. Further details are provided in the Method of Award section.

Contract Period

Existing Psychologist contractors will keep the same contract period of February 12, 2024 to December 31, 2027.

New contractors will have a contract period anticipated to begin July 1, 2025 and end on December 31, 2027.