The County of Fresno, on behalf of the Department of Behavioral Health Contracts Division – Substance Use Disorder Services (DBH-SUD Services), requested proposals from qualified vendors to provide non-hospital based residential SUD treatment services for adolescents aged 12-17. The contract was cancelled, and no award was made. Key aspects of the contract include:
• The provision of residential SUD treatment services for adolescents
• The requirement for vendors to be part of the resulting continuum and model services according to the plan developed by DBH and approved by Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
• The need for vendors to be Drug Medi-Cal certified by the time Waiver implementation begins
• The cancellation of the contract due to unspecified reasons