Description
The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) is seeking a contractor to provide assistance with organizing healthcare to promote tobacco cessation services targeted at Mississippi's medical students, residents, physicians, and family medicine clinics. The contractor will administer the Tobacco-Free Mississippi: Engaging Mississippi’s Family Physicians project and implement the U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS) Guidelines for Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence recommendations into family physician practices. The contractor will dedicate one Project Coordinator and one Foundation and Public Awareness Director to carry out the scope of work deliverables. The goal of this project is to promote quitting among youth and young adults. Key deliverables include providing Quitline Referral Trainings to family physicians, facilitating US PHS Guideline for Treating Tobacco use and Dependence Training with medical residency programs, and ensuring tobacco cessation materials are available.
• The contractor must have prior experience providing goods and/or services similar in requirements and scale to those described in the IFB for a minimum of five years.
• The contractor must possess and maintain the minimum vendor certifications, accreditations, and/or licensures described in the IFB.
• The contractor must ensure that professional staff and other decision-making staff carry professional liability insurance in an amount commensurate with their professional responsibilities and liabilities.
• The contractor must obtain, pay for, and keep in force during the contract period general liability insurance against bodily injury or death in an amount commensurate with the responsibilities and liabilities under the terms of the solicitation.