Congenital Syphilis Prevention

The New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute intends to contract with the University of Rochester to support the provision of congenital syphilis clinical case management to providers serving pregnant residents throughout the state outside of New York City. The contractor will also work to increase access to syphilis treatment through telementoring. Patients to be treated have either been diagnosed with syphilis or are at high risk of developing syphilis. Due to an urgent and ongoing public health need to address the burden of congenital syphilis and the unique qualifications of the selected contractor, a competitive procurement was not feasible in this instance.