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The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (NYC Health Department or the Agency) is seeking an appropriately qualified vendor (Contractor) to provide a full range of Process Serving Services within the five boroughs of New York City. The Agencys Assisted Outpatient Treatment Program (AOT) is responsible for overseeing and implementing Kendras Law (Chapter 408 of the Laws of 1999), which established a procedure whereby petitions may be brought in New York State Supreme Court requesting court-ordered outpatient treatment for people who have been non-compliant in the past with treatment of mental illness and who are unlikely to survive in the community without supervision. In order to properly implement the necessary court-ordered treatment, the Agency requires the services of a qualified vendor to complete filing of the petition in New York State Supreme Courts within the five boroughs and to serve the Notice of the Petition and/or examinations, or any other requested documents upon the legally required individual(s). The contract term is anticipated to be for six (6) years from July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2031 with no renewal options.

There will be a Pre-Proposal Conference at 11:00 A.M. ET, on November 19, 2024, via teleconference. Attendance by vendors is optional, but strongly recommended. Please RSVP for the conference by 2:00 P.M. ET, on November 18, 2024, by emailing the name, title, affiliation, M/WBE status, and email address of each attendee to RFP@health.nyc.gov. Please state Filing of Petitions and Process Server Attendee in the subject line. Vendors who submit an RSVP will be provided an invitation via email to attend the Pre-Proposal Conference. All questions must be submitted in writing to the Authorized Agency Contact person at RFP@health.nyc.gov. Questions submitted by November 12, 2024, will be addressed at the Pre-Proposal Conference. Answers to all questions received by the question deadline of November 22. 2024, will be provided in an addendum released through PASSPort.

Please note that this procurement is released via PASSPort. Please visit PASSPort to respond to this solicitation. Responses are due on December 13, 2024 at 2:00 P.M. ET. Link to PASSPort Public Portal: https://passport.cityofnewyork.us/page.aspx/en/rfp/request_browse_public This procurement is subject to participation goals for MBEs and/or WBEs as required by Section 6-129 of the New York City Administrative Code. If you require assistance with creating a PASSPort account or responding to the RFP, please submit an inquiry to the MOCS Service Desk.