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Approve selection committee's recommendation to authorize staff to negotiate an agreement with Cynet Health to provide recruitment services of mental health provider positions for community mental health agencies. (No fiscal impact)
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Health and Human Services requested Procurement to solicit proposals from qualified firms to provide recruitment services for mental health provider positions which consist of job candidate sourcing, recruitment, screening, and placement services for Community Mental Health Agencies (CMHA) who partner with Polk County to provide mental health care services for residents with opioid use disorder and substance abuse. CMHA's are experiencing difficulties with recruiting certain mental health positions including, but not limited to physicians, psychiatric - mental health advanced practice registered nurses, psychiatric physician assistants, RN's, LPN's, licensed therapists, and inpatient behavioral health technicians. The Florida Opioid Allocation and Statewide Response agreement between the State of Florida Department of Legal Affairs, office of the Attorney General and Polk County allows for opioid funding to be used in forward-looking strategies, programming and services used to expand the availability of treatment for individuals impacted by substance use disorders.
Request for Proposal (RFP) 25-482, Recruitment Services for Mental Health Provider Positions was issued, and fourteen vendors submitted proposals. The selection committee met on August 12, 2025, and elevated three vendors to interviews. On August 25, 2025, the selection committee received presentations from the three vendors elevated to interviews. After the interview, the consensus of the selection committee was to request the Board authorize staff to enter into negotiations with all firms that were interviewed, beginning with the highest ranked proposer, Cynet Health.
The following is a listing of the firms and their ranking:
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