Requests for Proposals

This Request for Proposals (RFP) is issued by the Fund for Public Health in New York City (FPHNYC), on behalf of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), to solicit proposals to establish an Agency Master Patient Index Solution. 

The Agency Master Patient Index Solution includes the application software, as well as the provision of all build and implementation resources to deliver an extensible, source agnostic MPI solution as a centralized patient repository of all patients contained in DOHMH contributing data sources. 

For the scope of this RFP, Electronic Clinical Laboratory Systems (ECLRS) and Electronic Case Report (eCR) data sources are prioritized. Programs across the agency utilize various matching software tools to support operational and research needs defined by the program. The source agnostic MPI solution will have the ability to integrate external modular matching software into the stack or provide a matching process that can honor match decisions from outside matching solutions through matching logic.

The agency is looking forward to implementing the Agency Master Patient Index in a fully managed, cloud hosted, environment to foster modernization of the technical infrastructure that is scalable, flexible and meets federal standards on health interoperability Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR R4.0) for the Master Patient Index solution and API. 

A DOHMH copy of patient identifier assignments or cross walk table will be implemented and maintained with automated synchronization with MPI environment for back-end accessibility.

1. Timeline

Request for Proposals (RFP) Release	September 14, 2022
Deadline for Written Questions	September 30, 2022
Q&A Posted	October 17, 2022
Bidder’s Conference Call	Week of October 17, 2022
Bidder’s Intent to Bid Email	October 24, 2022
Proposal Package Due	November 16, 2022
Funding Notification	March 10, 2023

RFP Timetable Bidders Conference and Intent to Bid

DOHMH Questions and Answer Responses will be posted on FPHNYC website for review and reference.  Should the prospective bidder have additional questions or need further clarifications, there is an opportunity for a half hour Bidders Conference call which may be requested through FPHNYC during the week of October 17, 2022.  Compiled questions and DOHMH responses from Bidder Conference Calls will be posted the week of October 24, 2022.

Prospective bidder is requested to submit an Intent to Bid by October 24, 2022.

APPLY

The deadline for submission is November 16, 2022 by 11:59 p.m. ET. Proposals must be submitted via email to procurement@fphnyc.org and include the title of the solicitation, “Agency Master Patient Index Solution”, in the subject line.

The Fund for Public Health in New York City (FPHNYC) and the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s (NYC Health Department) Bureau of Alcohol and Drug Use Prevention, Care, and Treatment (BADUPCT) announce the opportunity for organizations in New York City currently providing outreach to people experiencing homelessness (PEH), or who are unstably housed, to participate in a capacity building collaborative aimed at increasing access to rapid treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD) through referral to low-threshold, same-day treatment with buprenorphine.

Apply

The deadline to apply is Friday, February 18, 2022 by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (ET). Proposals must be submitted via email to procurement@fphnyc.org and include the title of the solicitation, “EXPANDING BUPRENORPHINE OUTREACH.”

Eligibility

FPHNYC and DOHMH will be accepting applications from organizations in New York City that provide outreach to people experiencing homelessness (PEH), including those who are street-based, living in a shelter or temporary housing, or who are unstably housed for referrals to same-day treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD).

RFP Timetable

Request for Proposals (RFP) Release	January 21, 2022
Applicants’ Conference	February 7, 2022
Deadline for Written Questions	February 9, 2022 at 11:59 p.m. ET
Q&A Posted	February 11, 2022
Proposal Package Due	February 18, 2022 at 11:59 p.m. ET
Expected Funding Notification*	March 1, 2022
Expected Project Start Date*	April 1, 2022

 * Funding notification and project start dates are target dates only. FPHNYC may amend the schedule as needed.

Applicants are encouraged to check the FPHNYC webpage frequently to stay informed throughout the procurement process.

Applicants’ Conference

Applicants’ Conference Recording

Applicants’ Conference Slides

Questions

Questions and requests for clarification about this RFP must be submitted via e-mail to procurement@fphnyc.org with a subject line of “EXPANDING BUPRENORPHINE OUTREACH.”

Project Description: Community-Based Initiatives for Health Literacy and Action Project (CIHLA) will focus on increasing the health literacy of four Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) zip codes that have been disproportionately impacted by COVID-19. CBOs/FBOs will work to (1) examine current health literacy practices and environments and provide resources (where necessary) to augment current practices, (2) develop, implement and adapt health literacy materials and messaging and engagement strategies for and by the disparate populations, and (3) develop communities of practice¹, strengthen networks and build infrastructure to inform policies and procedures to strengthen methodologies and tools to adhere to the National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (NCLAS), meet Healthy People 2030 goals, advance health equity strategies that are rooted in lived experiences, local knowledge, and anti-racist practices.  

The health literacy intervention will be designed to center the knowledge of trusted messengers and build CBOs’ capacity to (1) provide health information, services, and resources in a manner that is responsive to the health literacy, cultural, and linguistic needs of the communities they serve; (2) advocate for improving systems that impact access to health information, services, and resources for improved communication and (3) support their communities to navigate health-related systems and advocate with health providers. Given that health literacy skills transcend a specific disease, the goal of the intervention is to support CBOs as health literate organizations in their communities, now (COVID-19 related), and into the future. The immediate goal is for community members to experience fewer health literacy-related barriers to accessing, understanding, and utilizing COVID-19 health information, resources, and services in their COVID-19 prevention and treatment decision-making. 

Eligibility: Awardees must be a C/FBO with 501(c)(3) nonprofit status (or a fiscal sponsor), have a site in New York City, provide services to people in the five boroughs, and have a history of working with the population they are proposing to serve.  Applications will also be accepted from organizations working jointly or as part of coalitions. 

Awards: Each award will be up to $374,000 for a 15-month period (approximately April 2022 – June 2023).  

Identified service locations: One C/FBO will be assigned to one of each of the zip codes below. A total of four awards will be made. 

Zip code	Populations
11233	US-born Black individuals
10456	Dominican individuals or those of Dominican decent
10029	Indigenous individuals from Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador
11368	Ecuadorian individuals or those of Ecuadorian decent

  Key dates:  

Request for Proposals (RFP) Release	February 11, 2022
Applicants’ Conference	February 18, 2022, 11:30 am-12:30 pm EST
Deadline for Written Questions	Questions will be accepted on a rolling basis
Q&A Posted	As needed; at minimum, Q&A will be posted weekly
Application Deadline	March 21, 2022, 11:59 pm EST
Expected Funding Notification*	Week of March 21, 2022
Expected Project Start Date*	April 4, 2022

Please reference RFP for meeting log-in details.  

Questions: Please direct all questions to procurement@fphnyc.org.

Applicants’ Conference Recording

This Request for Proposals (RFP) is issued by the Fund for Public Health in New York City (FPHNYC), on behalf of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s (NYC DOHMH) Center for Health Equity and Community Wellness to support equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines and vaccine information by funding community partners to lead outreach, engagement and navigation for and by communities disproportionately impacted by COVID-19.

All changes to the RFP have been highlighted in YELLOW.

Application Link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/X8JRHHY

Eligibility

Community and/or Faith-Based Organizations serving the following communities are invited to apply: Staten Island (10306, 10307, 10308, 10309, 10312, 10314) and/or Orthodox Jewish communities in zip codes 10307, 11204, 11219, 11230, 11210, 11211, 11213.

Award Details
FPHNYC and DOHMH anticipate approximately $1.9 million in city and federal funding will be available to support up to 8 awards through this RFP. While award amounts will vary, the average award size is expected to be approximately $240,000.

RFP Timetable

Request for Proposals (RFP) Release	February 16, 2022
Applicants’ Conference	February 25,2022 from 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. ET
Deadline for Written Questions	March 24, 2022 at 11:59 p.m. ET
Q&A Posted	March 28, 2022
Application Deadline	April 6, 2022 at 11:59 p.m. ET
Expected Funding Notification	Week of April 18, 2022 and continuous
Expected Project Start Date	May 2, 2022 and continuous

Applicants are encouraged to check the webpage frequently to stay informed throughout the procurement process.

The Fund for Public Health in New York City (FPHNYC) and the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s (NYC Health Department) Center for Health Equity and Community Wellness announce the availability of $4.5 million to support expansion of the Get the Good Stuff program to communities disproportionately impacted by COVID-19, racism and disinvestment. The intent of this Request for Applications (RFA) is to identify up to 20 supermarkets with capacity to operate an electronic incentive program benefitting New Yorkers who participate in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Applicants may apply for more than one supermarket location; however, if applying for more than one location, each location requires a separate and complete application.

Eligibility

Food retailers meeting the minimum requirements and located in one of the zip codes listed below are invited to apply.

Bronx

10451, 10452, 10453, 10454, 10455, 10456, 10457, 10458, 10459, 10460, 10463, 10466, 10467, 10468, 10472, 10473, 10474

Brooklyn

11203, 11205, 11206, 11207, 11208, 11212, 11216, 11220, 11221, 11224, 11226, 11232, 11233, 11235 11237, 11239

Manhattan

10002, 10009, 10026, 10027, 10029, 10030, 10031, 10032, 10033, 10034, 10035, 10037, 10039, 10040

Queens

11101, 11368, 11369, 11419, 11432, 11433, 11435, 11691, 11692, 11693

Staten Island

10301, 10303, 10304, 10310

Award Details
FPHNYC and the NYC Health Department anticipate approximately $4.5M in federal funding will be available to support expansion of Get the Good Stuff to up to 20 supermarkets through this RFA. Award amounts will vary as determined by each supermarket’s record of sales activity. Successful Applicants will be funded for a two-year project period or when the cumulative program fees reach the maximum cost authorized, whichever occurs first. The project period may be extended if funding permits.

RFA Timetable

RFA release	March 29, 2022
Deadline for written questions	April 12, 2022 at 11:59 p.m. ET
Q&A Posted	April 18, 2022
Application deadline	May 9, 2022 at 11:59 p.m. ET
Expected selection notification*	Week of May 23rd
Expected project start date*	Beginning July 2022 and continuous

Applicants are encouraged to check the webpage frequently to stay informed throughout the procurement process.

Link to Application: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/YV8782P

Purpose:

The Fund for Public Health NYC (FPHNY) on behalf of the New York City’s Department of Health & Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), is seeking a public health communications organization to support the Public Health Corps (PHC), a network of community-based partners to identify and document individual experiences of community members served. The vendor will also build a repository of stories that captures the personal journeys of people of color in making a vaccination decision in designated Taskforce for Racial Inclusion and Equity (TRIE) neighborhoods. 

The PHC community-based partners have been contracted to lead community engagement to increase COVID-19 vaccine uptake towards equitable COVID-19 pandemic recovery in communities that have experienced longstanding health inequities. This project will document the impact of the community organizations’ interventions within the neighborhoods they serve by observing, assessing and evaluating engagement and will document those findings through personal stories of program beneficiaries.  

The storytelling vendor will play an integral role in helping build a sustainable community-based resource library that will enable community partners to share the personal stories of COVID-19 health impact and recovery. This vendor will provide ongoing analysis, technical assistance, media production, and capacity building for community partners working to increase COVID-19 vaccination and testing, health literacy, and addressing social and health factors that increase risk of severe COVID-19 illness.

Project Description:

The purpose of this project is to develop tools and organize community engagement process in collaboration with 33 community partners to document the individual experiences of the residents of TRIE neighborhoods they serve from March 2022 to June 30, 2022. PHC partners provide education on COVID-19 prevention, health literacy and vaccine equity programs.  Vendor will work with community partners to identify program beneficiaries to interview and cultural and linguistically appropriate processes to incorporate. Vendor will also create a library of stories for each community.  

Eligibility:

The Storytelling vendor should have experience in community engagement with BIPOC communities and with facilitating storytelling with people of various backgrounds and cultures. For this project, the Storytelling vendor should also have the capacity to build a resource library of the stories collected for each community. Through in-person meetings with community organizations, the Storytelling vendor will assess community engagement strategies and capture stories of the people they serve. The vendor should also demonstrate familiarity with racial justice and social justice frameworks and have the capability to produce video recordings.

Timetable:

Competitive Solicitation Release	May 17, 2022
Deadline for Written Questions	May 24, 2022
Q&A Posted	May 27, 2022
Bid Submission Deadline	June 3, 2022
Expected Funding Notification*	June 13, 2022
Expected Contract Start Date*	July 1, 2022

*The above dates are targets only. FPHNYC reserves the right to modify dates if necessary.  

Documents:

The Fund for Public Health in New York City (FPHNYC), on behalf of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (NYC Health Department), seeks proposals from Executive Search Firms, with substantial and relevant experience in recruiting executive and senior-level management positions in local government agencies, for the recruitment and selection of the following position:

• Chief Equity and Strategy Officer

The Chief Equity and Strategy Officer (CESO) will report to the Commissioner of Health and serve as a member of the Executive Leadership Team. The CESO will ensure the organization executes on its vision to ensure all New Yorkers can realize their full health potential, regardless of who they are, where they are from, or where they live, working both internally and externally with a host of stakeholders and partners. Specifically, the CESO will be responsible for the implementation of a recently completed strategic plan which focuses on a number of topical areas, as well as structural and process changes across the agency, embedding equity in all agency programming and operations.

KEY DATES

Please note the following key dates for the RFP process.

• Deadline for Written Questions: January 17, 2023, at 11:59 p.m. ET

Questions and requests for clarification about this RFP must be submitted via e-mail to procurement@fphnyc.org with the subject line “DOHMH Executive Recruitment.”

• Q&A Posted: on or about January 20, 2023
• Proposal Package Due: January 27, 2023 at 11:59 p.m. ET Applications must be submitted via email to procurement@fphnyc.org

This Request for Proposals (RFP) is issued by the Fund for Public Health in New York City (FPHNYC), on behalf of the New York City (NYC) Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s (NYC Health Department) Division of Disease Control to seek proposals from consultants/firms to develop a strategic plan to revitalize its clinical services and express testing infrastructure. The strategic planning process will result in a comprehensive plan to implement and sustain clinical services and operations that advance public health goals for interrupting transmission of infectious diseases of public health concern and meet emergency public health response needs.

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Apply

The deadline to apply is March 17, 2023 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). All applications must be submitted via email to procurement@fphnyc.org.

Project Description

The purpose of this RFP is to identify a consultant to evaluate its clinical and laboratory infrastructure and services and develop a strategic plan for delivering integrated services that contribute to public health goals. This includes testing for STIs and other conditions that can extend to other emergency clinical and laboratory services in the event of an outbreak. The consultant will be tasked with the following activities:

1. Access the NYC Health Department’s current clinical and laboratory structures, technology systems, resources, needs, and clinic clients and determine gaps in services.
2. Research and synthesize evidence-informed standards for clinical and laboratory operations and sustainability models, with an emphasis on government operated health centers
3. Develop a comprehensive strategic plan to make integrated clinical and lab services sustainable long-term
4. Providing ad hoc consultation services for clinical and laboratory services during the contract period to inform real-time decision making for the public health clinics

Eligibility

Eligible applicants include academic institutions, public and private research organizations, non-profit organizations, for-profit companies, and consultants or consulting firms with the following:

• A minimum of five (5) years’ experience in strategic planning for healthcare organizations;
• A minimum of five (5) years’ experience improving public health and ambulatory care clinical operations, preferably at federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) or government operated clinics/health centers;
• A minimum of five (5) years’ experience working on clinical, laboratory, and administrative processes for prevention, screening, and management of infectious diseases, including clinical guidelines, accreditation standards, reimbursement, staffing levels, etc.;
• A minimum of three (3) years’ experience working with and/or assessing the New York City healthcare delivery system; and
• Availability to provide services from notice of award to June 2024.

Preference will be given to Minority and Women Owned Business Enterprises.

RFP Timetable

Request for Proposals (RFP) Release	February 8, 2023
Deadline for Written Questions	February 15, 2023 at 11:59 p.m. EDT
Q&A Posted	February 22, 2023
Application Deadline	March 17, 2023 at 11:59 p.m. EDT
Expected Funding Notification*	April 21, 2023
Expected Contract Start Date*	June 1, 2023

*Funding notification and contract start dates are target dates only. FPHNYC may amend the schedule as needed.

 Applicants are encouraged to check the webpage frequently to stay informed throughout the procurement process.

Questions

Questions and requests for clarification about this RFP must be submitted via e-mail to procurement@fphnyc.org with a subject line of “Strategic Planning for Sustainable Clinical Infrastructure.” All such questions and inquiries must be received on Tuesday, February 15, 2023 by 11:59 p.m. EDT. The Q&A will be posted at: https://www.fphnyc.org/get-involved/rfps/.

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The Fund for Public Health in New York City (FPHNYC), on behalf of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s (NYC Health Department) Office of the Commissioner, seeks proposals from qualified consultants/firms to provide strategic communications and public relations support in advancing its broader public health agenda and building a communications operation better suited to respond to the elevated interest in public health.

ELIGIBILITY

To be considered, individuals or firms submitting proposals must demonstrate the following:

• 7 to 10 years of experience providing strategic communications, public relations, public affairs, and media relations with preference given to experience relevant to local, state, or federal government agencies, hospitals/healthcare institutions, corporations and/or non-profit organizations or elected officials.
• Expertise in communication strategy, executive and crisis communications, and media training.
• Demonstrated thought leadership and ability to drive change.
• Priority will be given to Minority and Women Owned Business Enterprises.

KEY DATES

Please note the following key dates for the RFP process.

• Deadline for Written Questions: March 1, 2023, at 11:59 p.m. ET

Questions and requests for clarification about this RFP must be submitted via e-mail to procurement@fphnyc.org with the subject line “Strategic Communications and Public Relations Support.”

• Q&A Posted: March 8, 2023 (see above for download)

• Proposal Package Due: March 13, 2023, at 11:59 p.m. ET

Applications must be submitted via email to procurement@fphnyc.org

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