The purpose of this Request for Bid (RFB) document is to provide interested parties with information to enable them to prepare and submit a bid for Licensing Liaisons in order to support 160+ Wisconsin licensed child welfare agencies statewide. In addition to supporting the work of the child welfare licensing specialists, Licensing Liaisons may be assigned full monitoring duties of licensed facilities and will have data entry and other clerical duties. Licensing Liaisons will be assigned to one of the Department of Children and Families (DCF) locations within the state; see Attachment E for DCF’s locations. DCF is statutorily required to license and supervise child welfare agencies (to include Private Child Placing Agencies and Residential Care Centers for Children and Youth), Group Homes, and Shelter Care facilities. DCF is also required to prescribe application forms to be used by all applicants, to promulgate rules establishing minimum requirements for the above license types, ensure compliance with those rules and state statute, and to address areas of non-compliance in order to ensure the health, safety and welfare of children residing in licensed facilities. Administrative rules dictate the submission of serious incident reports by licensed agencies to DCF. Licensing Liaisons currently screen all serious incident reports submitted, totaling approximately 2,800 annually. Licensing Liaisons also assist with the investigation of serious incidents and/or complaints that occur at a licensed agency/facility. The State as represented by the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families (DCF) intends to use the results of this RFB to award a single contract for child welfare Licensing Liaisons. Please do not submit questions through eSupplier; see Section 1.5 in the RFB for instructions on how to submit questions.

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