Art Therapist for Heartland Behavioral Healthcare

1. MISSION & GUIDING PRINCIPLES

1. PURPOSE

1. BACKGROUND

1. SCOPE OF WORK AND DELIVERABLES

1. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS OF CONTRACTOR

Contractor shall be registered as an Art Therapist and have worked as an Art Therapist for 2 years. Experience required working with patients who have a mental illness diagnosis.

1. Evaluation Process
2. 
   OhioMHAS’s evaluation process of responses submitted to this request may consist of up to four distinct phases:
   
3. OhioMHAS’s initial review of all proposals for timely submission;
4. An evaluation committee review of the proposals for defects and scoring;
5. OhioMHAS’s request for more information (clarifications, interviews, presentations, and/or demonstrations); and,
6. Negotiations or best offer requests.
7. 
   At its sole discretion, OhioMHAS 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. OhioMHAS may add or remove sub-phases to phases 2 through 4 at any time if MHAS believes doing so will improve the evaluation process.
   
8. Proposal Evaluation Criteria
9. 
   In the proposal evaluation phase, OhioMHAS staff or reviewers selected by OhioMHAS (the committee) will rate the proposals submitted in response to this RFP based on the following criteria and weight assigned to each criterion.

   Evaluation Criteria	Weight	Rating	Extended Score
   Registered as an Art Therapist and has working as an Art Therapist.	25
   At least 1 year of experience working with people who have a mental illness diagnosis.	25
   Willing to work evenings and weekends .	25
   Cost of provided services .	25
   Proposer has submitted a cost proposal that is complete, and the quality of the proposal demonstrates proposer’s ability to successfully complete all deliverables within a budget considered reasonable.	10
   		Total:	500