The Department of Health and Human Services (Department) is seeking Statewide Family Planning and Teen Pregnancy Education and Prevention Services including Educational Services to adolescents and Clinical Pre-pregnancy Planning Services as defined in this Request for Proposals (RFP) document. This document provides instructions for submitting proposals, the procedure and criteria by which the awarded Bidder will be selected, and the contractual terms which will govern the relationship between the State of Maine (State) and the awarded Bidder. The Department is dedicated to promoting health, safety, resiliency, and opportunity to all Maine Residents. The Department’s Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Maine CDC) provides the leadership, expertise, information and tools to assure conditions in which all Maine people can be healthy. The Department has provided Family Planning Services to Maine residents, men, women and Teens, for over forty (40) years. Family Planning Services are provided to approximately twenty-four thousand (24,000) Maine residents annually and includes physical exams, lab tests, screening for reproductive cancers, and intimate partner violence, as well as counseling and referrals. The Family Planning Services resulting from the RFP shall: Reduce the number of Maine middle and high school students, ages thirteen (13) to nineteen (19) who have unprotected sexual intercourse, which is associated with increased risk of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), other Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI’s) and unplanned pregnancy; and Decrease the number of unplanned or unwanted pregnancies. All programming must emphasize the right to individual self-determination regarding Family Planning and childbearing. A portion of the programming must be targeted to women and adolescents who are: Experiencing substance use disorder; Experiencing homelessness; Involved in the correctional system; or Experiencing other circumstances that indicate a need for Family Planning Services.
