PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CONTACT:
March 03, 2008 Anna Willstead
(219)794-1829
General Information regarding NWICA's
Request for Proposal Process
1. In a effort to provide the highest
quality of direct services to low income,
elderly, and disabled individuals and families
in the Northwest Indiana counties of Jasper,
Lake, Newton, Porter, Pulaski, and Starke,
Northwest Indiana Community Action Corporation
(NWICA) elects to conduct a Request of Proposal
process. This process is designed to
solicit a sufficient number of qualified vendors
to provide these services. This is a
consolidated Request for Proposal (RFP) for
direct services by the services unit.
Any applicant may select as many services as
they wish. Any contract that results
from a successful RFP will be in effect from
July 1, 2008 -- June 30, 2010, pending funding
availability.
The following schedule will be
observed in processing the RFP's:
March
3, 2008 - RFP proposal available
March
10, 2008 - Technical Assistance Workshop
April 4, 2008 - Final day to submit RFP
May
27, 2008 - Proposed contract presented to NWICA
Board
June
2, 2008 - Contract Awarded
July
1, 2008 - Contract period begins
The following
deadlines will be observed through the remainder
of the contract period for vendors seeking
approval after the initial process:
Proposed Deadline Contract Start Date
July 6, 2008 October 1, 2008
October 3, 2008
January 1, 2009
January 2, 2009 April 1, 2009
April 3, 2009 July 1, 2009
July 3, 2009 October 1, 2009
October 2, 2009 January 1, 2010
Following the
January 1, 2010 contract start date,
potential vendors will be invited to
participate in the proposal process for the
2010—2012 contract period. No proposals for
the 2008—2010 contract period will be
accepted after October 2, 2009 without prior
approval of the Executive Director and the
appropriate Department Director.
2.
Applicants must submit the original
and 3 additional copies of the proposal.
3.
Proposals and all attachments should
be UNBOUND. Applicants may clip
individual copies of the proposal together
or place them in a file folder.
4.
Incomplete or
unsigned proposals will be returned.
Applicants are welcome to submit corrected
proposals for the next deadline.
NWICA is
currently accepting proposals for the following
services:
(Click on the service name to open the proposal
packet. Acrobat Reader is required to view the
documents.
Click here if
you need to download Acrobat Reader.)
(The Proposal
Packets contain 5 documents. The first document
is the actual proposal packet to be completed
and submitted by the applicant. The remaining
documents in the packet are the tools which
NWICA will use to evaluate each proposal.)
Nutrition and
Other Older American’s Act Services
Congregate Meal Site Management
Registered Dietician
Meal
Preparation/Catering
Home
Delivered Meals
Caregiver Counseling and Training
Caregiver Support Groups
Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Legal
Assistance
Home and
Community Based Services
Adaptive Aids and Devices
Adult
Day Services
Home
Repair and Maintenance
Licensed Home Health and Non-licensed Home Care
Transportation
Community
Services
Community Services Intake (including Energy
Education)
Weatherization—Mechanical
Weatherization—Shell
Community Workshops
Click
here
for NWICA’s
current Rate Schedule for the contract period
beginning July 1, 2008. Rates are subject to
change.
Technical
Assistance Workshops
Technical
Assistance Workshops will be conducted at
NWICA’s main office located at 5240 Fountain
Drive on Monday, March 10, 2008. The schedule
will be:
|
Time |
Services |
Services |
|
1 pm |
Nutrition
(Congregate, Home Delivered, RD and Meal
Prep) |
Weatherization
Contractors (Mechanical and Shell)
|
|
2:30 pm |
All other services |
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Applicants with specific
questions regarding a proposal or the proposal
process, should submit questions in writing by
5pm on Friday, March 7, 2008. Submissions
should include the name of the inquirer, the
name of the organization, the service for which
the organization is applying, the specific
information requested, and a telephone number
and email address for follow up.
Questions should be
submitted in writing either via mail to ATTN:
Quality Assurance, 5240 Fountain Drive, Crown
Point, IN 46307 or via email to:
awillstead@nwi-ca.org
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