Training Sessions on Health & Safety Topics

Questions and Answers (10/19/2026)The following questions received and answers provided below, if submitting a quote, provide a statement in the submission to acknowledge Questions and Answers (10/19/2026) update. Question 1. May the required clinical and IDD-specific experience, including the physician-level/doctorate-level subject matter expertise and minimum years of specialized experience, be demonstrated collectively through the prime contractor and proposed subcontractors/subject matter experts? Answer: No the minimum years of experience may not be collectively through prime contractor and subcontractors/subject matter experts. Question 1a. Or must the prime contracting organization independently meet each of the listed minimum experience requirements? Answer: Yes, the prime contracting organization must independently meet each of the listed minimum experience requirements. ------------------------------------------ New York State (NYS) Office for People With Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD) is seeking a training organization to deliver up to ten virtual web based live trainings focused specifically on people with developmental disabilities and the unique impact of co-occurring behavioral health diagnoses, physical health conditions, and aging as these factors intersect with a person’s developmental disabilities. The trainings are to be designed for provider agencies consisting of Direct Support Professionals (DSPs), administrators, and clinicians who work with people with developmental disabilities. The training organization must demonstrate a robust understanding of the needs of people with developmental disabilities, the appropriate clinical approach for supporting people with developmental disabilities, and apply that understanding directly to the development and delivery of the trainings. Training organizations also must be able to demonstrate how they use various tools and data to inform their trainings. The trainings are to include, but are not limited to: Signs and symptoms of behavioral health and physical health conditions that staff need to be aware of for people with developmental disabilities, How to recognize, communicate, escalate and follow up on preventable risks for people with developmental disabilities and how to communicate with medical professionals, and Educating staff (DSPs, care managers, administrators and clinical staff) by teaching clear, concrete strategies and practical recommendations specific to people with developmental disabilities on what to do when concerns arise. These trainings must be taught live virtually by clinicians such as physicians, RNs, MDs and/or psychologists with substantial, verifiable experience treating and/or working with people with developmental disabilities. The training entity must work with OPWDD on logistics/scheduling within OPWDD’s defined timeframes and be in agreement with courses being recorded and made available in the NYS Statewide Learning Management System (SLMS) for a period of at least one year at no additional cost. Due to the highly specialized nature of this project, OPWDD seeks a Contractor with demonstrated expertise at the intersection of intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), healthcare, health-risk identification, and workforce education. Contractor must demonstrate: A minimum of 20 years of experience in healthcare practice, healthcare education, or health-risk identification and mitigation related to people with IDD; A physician-level subject matter expert with a minimum of 20 years of clinical experience or a doctorate-level clinical psychologist; Expertise in the unique healthcare needs and health disparities experienced by people with IDD; A minimum of five years of experience developing and delivering IDD-specific healthcare education; Experience providing education to statewide or multi-agency IDD systems; Experience developing both live and asynchronous/eLearning education addressing IDD healthcare; Experience translating clinical concepts into practical strategies for direct support professionals, nurses, case managers, and other members of the IDD support system; Ability to provide evidence-based content supported by current clinical literature and subject matter expertise; and Successful completion of substantially similar projects. Procurement Lobbying Law/Restricted Period (State Finance Law § 139-j and § 139-k - https://ogs.ny.gov/acpl) is in effect.