Emergency Notice - Second Nursing Home Monitoring

This emergency contract tasks a single vendor with statewide, unannounced monitoring of long‑term‑care facilities to protect resident health, safety, and welfare. The work includes 320 work‑days of SMHRF complaint surveys and 192 work‑days of ICF/IID surveys, performed by a team of eight Health Facility Surveillance Nurses over a 90‑day term. The agency selected Certisurv, LLC on a sole‑source basis because of the vendor’s rapid scalability, prior experience, and ability to meet urgent staffing needs. The contract is valued at an estimated $1.536 million and requires rapid reporting (within 24 hours of each site visit) and adherence to Illinois health‑regulation standards. • Provides unannounced on‑site inspections, incident investigations, and compliance reporting for nursing homes, ICF/IID, and SMHRF facilities. • Requires 8 nurses working 5 days/week to complete 512 total work‑days within 90 days. • Emergency procurement under 30 ILCS 500/20‑30; sole‑source award to Certisurv, LLC; no small‑business set‑aside.