Active SLED Opportunity · WISCONSIN · DANE COUNTY
AI Summary
Dane County seeks proposals for a trauma-focused therapy program providing treatment and psychoeducation to children, youth, and families impacted by sexual abuse and exploitation. The RFP emphasizes tailored treatment, caregiver support, coordination with county services, and quality improvement.
Program will provide trauma-focused therapy and psychoeducation services to families who have been impacted by sexual abuse and sexual exploitation
Points for cost will be awarded using a relative formula. The proposal with the lowest cost will receive the maximum number of points available for this section. All other proposals will receive a proportion of the cost points according to the following calculation:
In plain language: the lowest-cost proposal earns all available points. Other proposals earn fewer points based on how their cost compares to the lowest. For example, if your proposal costs twice as much as the lowest proposal, you would receive about half of the cost points.
Please note: for purposes of scoring the pricing for specialized services for women, DCDHS will allocate 80% of the cost score for treatment/supplementary services and 20% for childcare.
Per Dane County ordinance, a local Dane County vendor automatically receives five (5) points toward the evaluation score.
Vendors located within the counties adjacent to Dane County (Columbia, Dodge, Green, Iowa, Jefferson, Rock, or Sauk) automatically receive two (2) points toward the evaluation score.
Locally Operated Vendor means a supplier or provider of equipment, materials, supplies, or services which has an established place of business within Dane County and whose business is registered and authorized to do business in the State of Wisconsin. An established place of business means a physical office, plant, or other facility. A post office box address does not qualify a vendor as a Locally Operated Vendor. Dane County Ordinance 25.04(5)
Describe your proposed Child and Youth Sexual Abuse Treatment Program, including. Be sure to identify the primary treatment modalities which will be used, and explain how services will be tailored to developmental stages.
Describe how your program will offer caregiver psychoeducation and support.
Provided a description of your referral and intake process. How will referrals to triaged to ensure access to services occurs within the time frame identified in this RFP?
Describe your assessment and treatment planning process. What assessment tools are utilized to inform the treatment plan, and how will you ensure the assessment and treatment plan are trauma-informed, developmentally appropriate, and culturally responsive?
Describe your overall involvement with the families participating in the program. What is the typical session frequency/duration for both youth and their caregivers? What aftercare or follow-up support does your program provide?
What strategies will you use to increase youth and family engagement, and how will you support families who have barriers to participating in treatment at the time of referral?
Describe your strategies for coordination with Dane County Child Protective Services and Youth Justice. How will you ensure services are clinically appropriate while complying with requirements of the court? Be sure to explain your information-sharing processes and response timelines.
What groups will your program offer, and how will you ensure groups have enough participants to consistently be offered? What barriers, if any, do you anticipate as it relates?
Explain the afterhours services provided by your agency. How will families be supported outside of business hours?
What activities, if any, does your agency intend to provide which are not billable to Medicaid or commercial insurance?
What experience does your agency have providing trauma-focused treatment to children and youth impacted by sexual abuse and/or exploitation? If contracted to provide these services, what outcomes have been met (i.e., utilization, key performance indicators, etc…)?
Provide the education and experience requirements associated with each position which provides services under this contract.
Provide your vacancy coverage plan, and explain how you will prevent service disruption in the event of staff vacancies.
How will you ensure the program is meeting performance indicators as defined in this RFP? Performance indicators include trauma symptoms in children served, emotional and psychological distress in parent/caregivers served, protective factors in children served, and parenting skills. Identify the process used to assess each performance indicator, including:
How will you ensure staff maintain fidelity to the treatment modalities you propose?
How will you measure and address disparities in program outcomes?
Points for cost will be awarded using a relative formula. Please enter your agency's proposed number of beds in the pricing proposal section of this application, along with the associated daily rate.
The response with the lowest cost will receive the maximum number of points available for this section. All other proposals will receive a proportion of the cost points according to the following calculation:
Please download the below documents, complete, and upload.
Select a Local Vendor Preference:
Vendors located within Dane County automatically receive five points toward the evaluation score.
Vendors located within the counties adjacent to Dane County (Columbia, Dodge, Green, Iowa, Jefferson, Rock, Sauk) automatically receive two points toward the evaluation score.
Vendors located outside of Dane County of the 7 counties adjacent to Dane County would choose "No Preference".
NOTE: A post office box address does not qualify as an established place of business.
Please answer the following questions completely. This section of your agency's response is not scored.
Upload your company's W9 form.
NOTE: The W9 is required to be signed within the past 12 months
At the time of contracting with the Department of Human Services, agencies must be registered entities in good standing with the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions.
Please check this box to indicate that your agency is registered or will be registered in good standing with the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions.
You've indicated that your agency is not and will not be registered with Wisconsin DFI. At the time of contracting with the Department of Human Services, agencies must be registered entities in good standing with the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions.
Has your company been found by the National Labor Relations Board ("NLRB") or the Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission ("WERC") to have violated any statute or regulation regarding labor standards or relations in the seven years prior to the date this bid submission is signed?
If yesis answered, a copy of any relevant information regarding such violation is required to be uploaded with your bid submission.
Additional information about the NLRB and WERC can be found using the following links:
www.nlrb.gov and http://werc.wi.gov.
Reference Guidelines - Section F.
Does your company agree to furnish the commodities or services of this bid to municipalities and state agencies?
Please specify what information you wish to designate as confidential and proprietary. Please identify section/ pages/ topic /documents, etc.
NOTE: Pricing sections cannot be designated as confidential and proprietary.
If nothing will be designated, simply type "None" in the section below.
1. I will have to unsubmit my proposal response.
2. I will have to acknowledge the posted addendum.
3. I will have to take action in responding to the changes on either the Specification Section or Pricing Section.
4. I will then have to resubmit my proposal response.
Further instructions on addendum(a) postings can be found here.
In submitting and confirming this solicitation response, we certify that we have not, either directly or indirectly, entered into any agreement or participated in any collusion or otherwise taken any action in restraint of free competition; that no attempt has been made to induce any other person or firm to submit or not to submit a solicitation response; that this solicitation response has been independently arrived at without collusion with any other vendor competitor or potential competitor; that this solicitation response has not been knowingly disclosed prior to the opening of bids to any other vendor or competitor; that the above statement is accurate under penalty of perjury.
Further, by submitting this solicitation response, firm agrees with all the terms, conditions, and specifications required by the County in this solicitation and declares that the corresponding solicitation response and pricing are in conformity therewith.
I have read and understood the entire document.
I declare under penalty of false swearing under the law of Wisconsin that the foregoing is true and correct.
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Example: June 27, 2025 in Madison, WI
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SLED stands for State, Local, and Education. These are solicitations issued by state governments, counties, cities, school districts, utilities, and higher education institutions — as opposed to federal agencies.
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