ATLAS (Access, Treatment, Linkage, and Stabilization): Integrated Children's Specialty Mental Health Services

Location: California
Posted: May 11, 2026
Due: Jun 10, 2026
Agency: Sacramento County
Type of Government: State & Local
Category:
  • Q - Medical Services
Solicitation No: MHC/039
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Project ID: MHC/039

Title: ATLAS (Access, Treatment, Linkage, and Stabilization): Integrated Children's Specialty Mental Health Services

Addenda: 0

Release Date: 5/11/2026

Due Date: 6/10/2026

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ATLAS (Access, Treatment, Linkage, and Stabilization): Integrated Children's Specialty Mental Health Services
Request for Proposal
Health Services
Project ID: MHC/039
Release Date: Monday, May 11, 2026
· Due Date: Wednesday, June 10, 2026 5:00pm
Posted Monday, May 11, 2026 12:00am
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Post Information

Posted At:Mon, May 11, 2026 12:00 AM
Sealed Bid Process:Yes (Bids Sealed / Pricing Sealed)
Private Bid:No
Overview


Summary

Sacramento County Department of Health Services (DHS), Behavioral Health Services (BHS), is soliciting applications from qualified providers to deliver ATLAS (Access, Treatment, Linkage, and Stabilization), an integrated, community-based outpatient behavioral health service model for children and youth under age 21.

The County is procuring multiple integrated ATLAS programs to be delivered by qualified providers across Sacramento County. Each Successful Applicant will be responsible for delivering the full ATLAS model as a single integrated program. The County will not award separate contracts for individual components or permit partial implementation of the ATLAS model.

Applicants must demonstrate the capacity to deliver all five components as a coordinated program for a five-year period. The five service components are as follows:

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Service Component and Applicable Attachments

Primary Funding Source and Applicable Attachments

Core Purpose

A

Children's Outpatient Specialty Mental Health Services (SMHS),

Attachment F

Medi-Cal, Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment (EPSDT)

Behavioral Health Community-Based Organized Networks of Equitable Care and Treatment

(BH-CONNECT)

Attachment K, L & V

Primary clinical treatment: assessment, therapy, rehabilitation, care coordination, medication support, crisis intervention, evidence based practices

B

Therapeutic Behavioral Services (TBS),

Attachment G

Medi-Cal (EPSDT)

Attachment L & M

Time-limited, intensive adjunctive intervention for high-risk youth; must be concurrent with Specialty Mental Health Services (SMHS)

C

Early Intervention,

Attachment H

Behavioral Health Services Act (BHSA)

California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal (CalAIM)

BH-CONNECT Community Health Worker (CHW) Services for eligible pre-medical-necessity activities with Medi-Cal clients

Attachment T, N & V

Indicated behavioral health supports for youth showing signs of need prior to medical necessity determination, with expectation to maximize all available funding streams, including CalAIM BH-CONNECT CHW services.

D

Outreach and Engagement,

Attachment I

Mental Health Medi-Cal Administrative Activities (MH-MAA)

CalAIM BH-CONNECT CHW Services for re-engagement of previously enrolled Medi-Cal clients

Attachment O & V

Administrative linkage and re-engagement activities across the enrollment continuum, funded through MH-MAA for unlinked individuals and CalAIM BH-CONNECT CHW services for re-engagement of previously enrolled Medi-Cal clients who have disengaged from services

E

Flexible Stabilization Supports,

Attachment J

BHSA

Attachment N, found in Appendix C, Supportive Services

County-authorized concrete supports addressing social and environmental barriers to engagement and stabilization

Components A through E will not be awarded separately. Each Successful Applicant will be required to implement all five components as a single integrated ATLAS program under one (1) contract. Applications proposing delivery of only a subset of components will be deemed non-responsive.

Sacramento County, Department of Health Services, Behavioral Health Services’ Vision, Mission, and Values

The following vision, mission statements and core values define BHS’s mental health system of care objectives. They also provide direction and guiding principles for how all services are delivered through the mental health system of care:

BHS Vision - We envision a community where people from diverse backgrounds across the life continuum have the opportunity to experience optimum wellness.

BHS Mission - To provide a culturally competent system of care that promotes holistic recovery, optimum health, and resiliency.

Values - These values are the essential and enduring tenets​ of the County of Sacramento. These guiding principles govern the way we make and carry out our decisions.

Our Values for Sacramento County are:

  • P rincipled, by that we mean we act with honesty and integrity, earning and maintaining trust.
  • R espect, by that we mean we listen and give voice to others and treat them with compassion, empathy and dignity.
  • I nnovation, by that we mean we encourage creativity, look for and implement improvements, stretching our comfort zones.
  • D iversity and Inclusion, by that we mean we are committed to having a diverse workforce reflective of our community; we embrace differences in people, skills, knowledge, experiences and opinions and practice inclusive decision-making, collaboration and teamwork.
  • E xcellence, by that we mean we are committed to investing in employees, being transparent, delivering high quality, responsive services.


Timeline

Request for Application (RFA) Release Date::
May 11, 2026
Applicants' Conference (Mandatory):
May 21, 2026, 10:00am
Virtual Meeting
Question Submission Deadline:
June 4, 2026, 5:00pm
Application Submission Deadline/Bid Closing Date:
June 10, 2026, 5:00pm
Application Screening:
June 11, 2026
Notice of Insurance Deficiencies Sent Via Email:
June 12, 2026
Insurance Deficiency Corrections Submission Deadline:
June 22, 2026, 5:00pm
Notice of Disqualification Emailed to Applicants:
June 23, 2026
Application Evaluations Complete:
July 14, 2026
Notice of Award Recommendation Emailed to Applicants:
July 22, 2026
Written Protest Deadline:
July 29, 2026, 5:00pm
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