Recovery Support Services

The Multnomah County Behavioral Health Division is seeking Proposers to provide peer delivered Alcohol and Drug (A&D) and Gambling Recovery Support Services. The services should focus on adolescents and adults targeting those at or below 200% of the Federal Poverty Level or those who meet the guidelines for the Oregon Health Plan. The contract has a budget of approximately $500,000.00 annually and $2,500,000.00 over the five years of this RFPQ period. The services include Peer Recovery Support Services, Recovery Center Operations, and other strategies to support the client's movement toward sustainable recovery. • The services should be provided in a culturally responsive and non-judgmental manner. • The services should emphasize receiving services from others with lived experience as a way to support individuals through stages of change. • The services should include strategies to reduce harm for those individuals who are unable or unwilling to stop using. • The services should recognize relapse as part of the recovery process, not as a failure of treatment. Some of the key features of the contract include: • A pre-proposal conference to provide an opportunity for proposers to ask questions and clarify requirements. • A requirement for proposers to submit a written narrative for each question asked in the Proposal Questions and Evaluation Criteria section. • A requirement for proposers to provide a budget template and a proposal that is no more than 12 pages in length. • A scoring system that evaluates proposals based on programmatic questions, responsible business practice questions, and labor harmony questions.