Request for Proposals for Inmate Medical Health Services

Description: BID SUMMARY Commodity/Service Being Requested: Inmate Medical Health Services Type of Solicitation: Request for Proposals (RFP) -- Jackson County is requesting bids for inmate medical health services. Through this process, it is the goal of Jackson County to competitively award a contract that will provide inmate medical health services for the next five years. Type of Resulting Contract: Statewide Cooperative Contract: As a result of this RFP, Jackson County will work with the CoPro+ Cooperative Bid Program to market and extend the resulting contract to other government municipalities throughout the State of Michigan. The vendor will be competitively selected as having been qualified as defined within the qualification section of this RFP. This contract will enable public municipalities to "piggyback" and purchase Inmate Medical Health Services through this competitive process. It is the intention of Jackson County to competitively pre-qualify multiple contractors that will provide Inmate Medical Health Services and contract with one of the contractors for Jackson County at their respective building locations. Resulting Contract Term: Jackson County will use the results of this process to award this contract for a term of five (5) years, continuing at the discretion of the county based on satisfactory performance.