Coaching for Intake Family Services Supervisors and Specialists

1.1 PURPOSE OF REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) The purpose of this RFP is to solicit an entity to serve as the Executive Secretary for the South Dakota Board of Examiners for Counselors and Marriage and Family Therapists. The entity will provide administrative services for the Board. Administrative services encompass all aspects of running the office including representing the board, communicating with consumers, licensees, those seeking to become licensed, and the general public. 1.2 ISSUING OFFICE AND RFP REFERENCE NUMBER The South Dakota Department of Social Services is the issuing office for this document and all subsequent addenda relating to it, on behalf of the South Dakota Board of Examiners for Counselors and Marriage and Family Therapists. The reference number for the transaction is RFP10112. Refer to this number on all proposals, correspondence, and documentation relating to the RFP. Please refer to the Department of Social Services website link

href="http://dss.sd.gov/keyresources/rfp.aspx" target="_blank">http://dss.sd.gov/keyresources/rfp.aspx for the RFP, any related questions/answers, changes to schedule of activities, amendments, etc. 1.3 LETTER OF INTENT All interested offerors are requested to submit a non-binding Letter of Intent to respond to this RFP. While preferred, a Letter of Intent is not mandatory to submit a proposal. Please see Schedule of Activities for deadline. POC: Kirsten Blachford Kirsten.Blachford@state.sd.us Be sure to reference the RFP number in your letter. 1.4 SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES (SUBJECT TO CHANGE) RFP Publication February 14, 2024 Letter of Intent to Respond Due February 28, 2024 Deadline for Submission of Written Inquiries March 6, 2024 Responses to Offeror Questions March 20, 2024 Request for SFTP folder April 3, 2024 Proposal Submission April 3, 2024 Oral Presentations/discussions (if required) TBD Deadline for Completion of Site Visits (if required) Proposal Revisions (if required) Anticipated Award Decision/Contract Negotiation TBD TBD May 1, 2024 1.5 SUBMITTING YOUR PROPOSAL All proposals must be completed and received by the South Dakota Department of Social Services by the date and time indicated in the Schedule of Activities. Proposals received after the deadline will be late and ineligible for consideration. Proposals MUST submitted as PDF’s via Secured File Transfer Protocol (SFTP). Offerors must request an SFTP folder no later than April 3, 2024, by emailing Kirsten Blachford at the email indicated on page one. The subject line should be “RFP10112 SFTP Request”. The email should contain the name and the email of the person who will be responsible for uploaded the document(s). http://dss.sd.gov/keyresources/rfp.aspx mailto:Kirsten.Blachford@state.sd.us Page 3 of 10 Please note, offeror will need to work with their own technical support staff to set up an SFTP compatible software on offeror’s end. While the State of South Dakota can answer questions, State of South Dakota is not responsible for the software required. All proposals may be signed in ink or digitally by an officer of the offeror legally authorized to bind the offeror to the proposal, and sealed in the form intended by the respondent. Proposals that are not properly signed may be rejected. No proposal may be accepted from, or any contract or purchase order awarded to any person, firm or corporation that is in arrears upon any obligations to the State of South Dakota, or that otherwise may be deemed irresponsible or unreliable by the State of South Dakota. 1.6 CERTIFICATION REGARDING DEBARMENT, SUSPENSION, INELIGIBILITY AND VOLUNTARY EXCLUSION – LOWER TIER COVERED TRANSACTIONS By signing and submitting this proposal, the offeror certifies that neither it nor its principals is presently debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment, declared ineligible, or voluntarily excluded from participation, by any Federal department or agency, from trans