The California Department of Rehabilitation, California Correctional Health Care Services, hereinafter referred as “CDCR/CCHCS” requires The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), California Correctional Health Care Services (CCHCS) prison medical system was placed into Federal Receivership by United States District Court Judge, Thelton E. Henderson, as a result of a 2001 class action lawsuit brought against the State of California over the quality of medical care in the State's prison system. The Court found that the medical care was a violation of the Eighth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which forbids cruel and unusual punishment of the incarcerated. CDCR/CCHCS requires Annual Mortality Report and Consulting Services as ordered. All activities of the Federal Receivership have one common purpose: to create a collaborative environment where custody and health care staff improve upon the quality of medical services in California prisons in order to meet constitutional standards while reducing avoidable morbidity and mortality. The Federal Receiver has adopted six goals that are necessary for the CCHCS’s health care program to rise to constitutionally acceptable and sustainable levels. The goals are: A. Ensure timely access to health care services; B. Establish a prison medical program addressing the full continuum of health care services; C. Recruit, train and retain a professional quality medical workforce; D. Implement a quality assurance and continuous improvement program; E. Establish medical support infrastructure; and F. Provide for necessary clinical, administrative, and housing facilities. The term of the Contract, resulting from this IFB, shall be November 1, 2024 (or upon approval, whichever is later) through October 31, 2027. The Contractor is not authorized to commence work, as described in the Sample Contract, until the ensuing Contract has been fully executed. B. BIDDER MINIM
