Specifications include, but are not limited to: This RFP provides background information and describes the services desired by the State. It delineates the requirements for this procurement and specifies the contractual conditions required by the State. Although this RFP establishes the basis for Responder Proposals, the detailed obligations and additional measures of performance will be defined in the final negotiated contract. All services under this contract shall be performed within the borders of the State of Minnesota. The grantee will implement a project that integrates food security services into the operations of health care providers for patients with high need (such as Minnesota Health Care Program Recipients) in order to connect patients to nutritious, condition-appropriate, and adequate amounts of food according to their need.4 The grantee will collaborate with Integrated Health Partnerships in order to support establishment of or enhancements to a referral system for food security services. The grantee will collect data through the services described in this RFP that will allow evaluation of patient outcomes and cost in the future, or will propose through this project a method to do so.
