Specifications include, but are not limited to:The Western Massachusetts Area of the Department of Mental Health (DMH) wants to contract for a thirty (30) bed continuing care unit within a hospital that qualifies for Class II, III, IV and V licenses, as issued by DMH, to meet the Area’s continuing care inpatient needs in the following DMH Sites: Berkshire, Franklin/North Quabbin, Holyoke/Chicopee, Springfield, Westfield and Hampshire. (See Attachment A for a list of communities served by these Sites.) A Bidder may propose to provide services in more than one unit as long as (1) thirty beds are provided, (2) they are provided in the same facility and (3) the other requirements in this RFR are met. This will be a closed referral program. Referrals to the Unit or Units (hereinafter a reference to Unit includes both singular and plural) may only come from the Area Medical Director, as the Area Director’s designee. The hospital also shall be licensed by the Department of Public Health, maintain Joint Commission accreditation, Medicaid certification and Medicare certification for all populations. Patients admitted to the Unit will require intensive psychiatric rehabilitation services. The Unit must be located in one of the Communities served by the DMH Sites listed in Attachment A.