Yoga Instructor at Heartland Behavioral Healthcare and/or Northcoast Behavioral Healthcare

Location:	Ohio
Posted:	May 2, 2025
Due:	May 19, 2025
Agency:	State Government of Ohio
Type of Government:	State & Local
Category:	Q - Medical Services U - Education and Training Services
Solicitation No:	SRC0000030485
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Solicitation ID:	SRC0000030485
Solicitation Name:	Yoga Instructor at Heartland Behavioral Healthcare and/or Northcoast Behavioral Healthcare
Original Begin Date:	5/2/2025 4:00:00 PM
Begin Date:	5/2/2025 12:00:00 PM
End Date:	5/19/2025 2:00:00 PM
Inquiry End Date:	5/15/2025 2:00:00 PM
Commodity:	Occupational therapy services
MBE Set Aside:	MBE Set Aside
Agency:	DMH621049 NOR Bus Off - HCM ONLY NCBH
Solicitation Status:	Open for Bidding
Solicitation Type:	Request For Proposal (RFP) (Double Envelope)

Solicitation General Information

In an MBE set-aside solicitation, only those bidders/suppliers with an active MBE certification at the time the solicitation closes can submit a response

Solicitation ID

SRC0000030485

Solicitation Name

Yoga Instructor at Heartland Behavioral Healthcare and/or Northcoast Behavioral Healthcare

RFx Type

Request For Proposal (RFP) (Double Envelope)

Lot #

Solicitation Status

Open for Bidding

Round #

MBE Set Aside

Begin Date

5/2/2025 12:00:00 PM (ET)

Amendment?

End Date

5/19/2025 2:00:00 PM (ET)

Inquiry End Date

5/15/2025 2:00:00 PM

Summary

PURPOSE

The Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services ( Ohio MHAS) is seeking proposals from qualified contractors to provide on-site Yoga Instruction at Heartland Behavioral Healthcare, located at 3000 Erie St. South, Massillon, Ohio 44646 and/or Northcoast Behavioral Healthcare, located at 1756 Sagamore Road, Northfield, Ohio 44067 .

BACKGROUND

Heartland Behavioral Healthcare is a 152-bed inpatient care facility for acute mentally ill adults and Northcoast Behavioral Healthcare is a 260-bed inpatient facility for acute mentally ill adults. The service contractor shall provide Yoga Instruction for our patients which can greatly enhance their healing process .

SCOPE OF WORK AND DELIVERABLES

The Yoga Instructor will conduct yoga sessions and/or demonstrate yoga to the patients on the grounds of Heartland Behavioral Healthcare and/or Northcoast Behavioral Healthcare. Yoga is a practice that helps to reduce stress that can lead to improvement in physical and mental health. Practicing yoga fosters a sense of personal control and can be a coping skill when feeling distressed. Yoga is a low impact way to retain and improve flexibility, develop balance, and build muscle strength. Yoga Instructor will offer 45–60-minute group sessions to help patients develop a practice for self-observation, personal awareness, self-regulation, and relaxation. Sessions will increase flexibility and muscle strength. Maximum 8 hours per week per facility .

Process

EVALUATION OF PROPOSALS

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.

Evaluation Criteria	Weight	Rating	Extended Score
Certified through a Nationally recognized Yoga School	20
2 or more years of yoga experience/practice	20
At least 1 year of experience working with people who have a mental illness diagnosis	20
Willing to work evenings and weekends	20
Cost Proposal	20
		Total:

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DMH621049 NOR Bus Off - HCM ONLY NCBH

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Title	Type	Att.	Validity End Date	Validity End Date
RFP - Yoga Instructor at Northcoast Behavioral Healthcare	RFx Commercial Documents (Approved)	RFP_FY26-FY27_Yoga_Instructor.pdf

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Yoga Instructor at Heartland Behavioral Healthcare and/or Northcoast Behavioral Healthcare

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