Specifications include, but are not limited to: The Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) is releasing this Request for Proposal (RFP) to partner with a professional organization that can assist the Communicable Disease Program with healthcare-associated infections (HAI) prevention and response activities in the City of Chicago. The selected organization will recruit a team of certified Infection Prevention professionals to assist CDPH in the implementation of timely HAI prevention initiatives and to develop and implement strategies to limit transmission of resistant pathogens and prevent infections. The selected organization will conduct on-site healthcare facility infection control assessments and provide follow-up consultation to improve infection control capacity. In collaboration with CDPH, intervention facilities will be identified from surveillance data and during the course of public health investigations.