DATE: June 10, 2025
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Susan Holt, Director, Department of Behavioral Health
SUBJECT: Master Agreement for Transitional Social Rehabilitation Program
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
1. Under Administrative Policy No. 34 for competitive bids or requests for proposals (AP 34), determine that an exception to the competitive bidding requirement under AP 34 is satisfied and a suspension of competition is warranted due to unusual or extraordinary circumstances, and that the best interests of the County would be served by entering into the Master Agreement given the non-competitive nature of Master Agreements; and
2. Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute a Master Agreement with licensed adult residential facilities for Transitional Social Rehabilitation Program services, effective July 1, 2025, not to exceed five consecutive years, which includes a three-year base contract and two optional one-year extensions, total not to exceed $15,000,000.
REPORT
There is no additional Net County Cost associated with the recommended actions, which will allow the Department to contract with licensed adult residential facilities for the provision of Transitional Social Rehabilitation Program (TSRP) services. Facilities will provide services that are described to minimize the risk of persons served hospitalization and aid with the development of independent living skills with the goal of movement towards a less structured setting. This item is countywide.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
Should the recommended actions not be approved, the Department would be unable to place persons at licensed facilities certified to provide transitional social rehabilitation services, requiring the Department to place persistent and severely mentally ill adult persons at inappropriate levels of care. This could include higher levels of care, such as Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF), Geropsychiatric Nursing Care Facilities (GNCF), Institutions of Mental Disease (IM...
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