Contract Deliverables The Contractor shall provide information technology staff augmentation services, including comprehensive management of staff, as set forth in this Contract. The term “staff” refers to the temporary staff provided by the Contractor to render information technology services identified by Customers, but that staff shall not be deemed an employee of the State or deemed to be entitled to any benefits associated with such employment. Contracts resulting from this solicitation should not be structured as fixed-price agreements or used for any services requiring authorization for payment of milestone tasks. Contractor shall only provide information technology staff augmentation services for those Job Titles awarded to the Contractor and shall be paid on an hourly basis. The Department’s intent is for Contractor’s information technology staff to provide services closely related to those described in the Job Family Descriptions document. Detailed scopes of work, specific requirements of the work to be performed, and any requirements of staff shall be provided by the Customer in a Request for Quote. The Contractor shall possess the professional and technical staff necessary to allocate, outsource, and manage qualified information technology staff to perform the services requested by the Customer. The Contractor shall provide Customers with staff who must have sufficient skill and experience to perform the services assigned to them. All of the information technology staff augmentation services to be furnished by the Contractor under the Contract shall meet the professional standards and quality that prevails among information technology professionals in the same discipline and of similar knowledge and skill engaged in related work throughout Florida under the same or similar circumstances. The Contractor shall provide, at its own expense, training necessary for keeping Contractor’s staff abreast of industry advances and for maintaining proficiency in equipment and systems that are available on the commercial market. The Contractor shall be responsible for the administration and maintenance of all employment and payroll records, payroll processing, remittance of payroll and taxes, and all administrative tasks required by state and federal law associated with payment of staff. The Contractor shall, at its own expense, be responsible for adhering to the Contract background screening requirements, testing, evaluations, advertising, recruitment, and disciplinary actions of Contractor’s information technology staff. The Contractor shall maintain during the term of the Contract all licenses, permits, qualifications, insurance and approvals of whatever nature that are legally required to perform the information technology staff augmentation services.
Service Delivery Grantee shall:
1. Adhere to the Priority Populations for Treatment Programs as stated in the SUD UM Guidelines.
2. Maintain Daily Capacity Management Report in CMBHS as required in the SUD UM Guidelines.
3. Maintain a Waiting List to track all eligible individuals who have been screened but cannot be admitted to SUD treatment immediately.
i. Grantee that has an individual identified as a federal and state priority population on the waiting list shall confirm this in the Daily Capacity Management Report.
ii. Grantee shall arrange for appropriate services in another treatment facility or provide access to interim services as indicated within 48 hours when efforts to refer to other appropriate services are exhausted.
iii. Grantee shall offer directly or through referral interim services to wait-listed individuals.
iv. Establish a wait list that includes priority populations and interim services while awaiting admission to treatment services.
v. Develop a mechanism to maintain contact with individuals awaiting admission.
4. If unable to provide admissions to individuals within Priority Populations for Treatment Programs according to SUD UM Guidelines:
i. Implement written procedures that address maintaining weekly contact with individuals waiting for admissions as well as what referrals are made when a client cannot be admitted for services immediately.
ii. When Grantee cannot admit a client, who is at risk for dangerous for withdrawal, Grantee shall ensure that an emergency medical care provider is notified.
iii. Coordinate with an alternate provider for immediate admission.
iv. Notify Substance Use Disorder (Xxxxxxxxx_Xxx_Xxxxxxxx@xxxx.xxxxx.xx.xx) so that assistance can be provided that ensures immediate admission to other appropriate services and proper coordination when appropriate.
v. Provide pre-admission service coordination to reduce barriers to treatment, enhance motivation, stabilize life situations, and facilitate engagement in treatment.
vi. Adhere to Informed Consent Document for Opioid Use Disorder applicable to the individual as stated in the SUD UM Guidelines.
vii. When an individual is placed on the Wait List, Grantee shall document interim services as referrals that provides applicable testing, counseling, and treatment for Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), tuberculosis (TB) and sexually transmitted infections (STIs).