Notice End Date: May 7, 2024

Vendor Name: MDFT International

Contract Amount: 1,950,000

Agency Procurement Manager: Brandalyn Brewer

Agency Procurement Manager Email: brandalyn.brewer@scdmh.org

Agency Procurement Manager Telephone#: 8038988486

The Agency hereby provides notice that it intends to enter into a sole source contract per S.C. Code Ann. §11-35-1560 with Vendor for the following supplies, services, information technology, or construction:

MDFT is a family-focused treatment, serving ages 10-26, addressing a wide range of youth behavior challenges such as substance use, juvenile justice involvement, problems at school, emotional and mental health difficulties, antisocial and aggressive behaviors, and family problems.  MDFT International provides on-going training and consultation via telehealth and inperson to DMH staff trained in the MDFT model. The Vendor provides clinical support needed to maintain fidelity to the model. The Vendor meets with MDFT staff monthly for training purposes, case reviews, and consultation on more challenging cases. MDFT International also provides yearly reports based on the SC DMH cases and as needed upon request quarterly. : MDFT was implemented in the US and Europe over 20+ years. MDFT International is effective in both mental health and substance abuse treatment. No other in-home service model covers these issues nor covers an age range of 10-26. MDFT serves a wider array of challenges and does not exclude families due to parent/guardian criminal history or drug use. MDFT defines a “caregiver” in broad terms to include parents, grandparents, foster parents and other family members or mentors in guardian roles.  SCDMH has tried soliciting this in the past and MDFT International was the only vendor that responded.

Agency's justification for a sole source procurement may be viewed or immediately obtained at: Agency Procurement Manager (Listed Above)

PROTESTS:
Any actual or prospective bidder, offeror, contractor, or subcontractor aggrieved in connection with the intended award or award of this sole source contract, shall notify the appropriate chief Procurement officer in writing of its intent to protest within five (5) business days of the date this notice is posted. Any actual or prospective bidder, offeror, contractor, or subcontractor who is aggrieved in connection with the intended award or award of this sole source contract and has timely notified the appropriate chief procurement officer of its intent to protest, may protest to the appropriate chief procurement officer in the manner set forth below within fifteen days of the date this notice is posted; except that a matter that could have been raised as a protest of the solicitation may not be raised as a protest of the award or intended award of a contract.
A protest must be in writing, filed with the appropriate chief procurement officer, and set forth the grounds of the protest and the relief requested with enough particularity to give notice of the issues to be decided. The protest must be received by the appropriate chief procurement officer within the time provided above. Days are calculated as provided in S.C. Code Ann. § 11-35-310(13).

Any Notice Of Intent To Protest And Protest Must Be Addressed To: Materials Management Officer