Specifications include, but are not limited to: The North Carolina Department of Adult Correction, Division of Comprehensive Health Services, requires the services of qualifiedvendors to facilitate Locum Tenens Dentists, Dental Assistants, and Dental Hygienists requirements across thirty-two (32) dentalclinics located within, adjacent to, or nearby various correctional facilities across the state of North Carolina.The North Carolina Department of Adult Correction (the “Department” or “DAC ”) provides professional dental services to alloffenders within its care and custody located across fifty-five (55) correctional facilities throughout the state, with a currentpopulation of approximately 30,000. The Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution, and the North Carolina GeneralStatutes, specifically G.S. 148-19, mandate that the Department to provide healthcare services to offenders, including preventive,diagnostic, and therapeutic care. The Department has a responsibility to ensure that employees and/or associated vendors providequality health care services. It is the vision of the Department that offenders receive competent and timely care irrespective oftheir crimes
