Specifications include, but are not limited to: Healthy People 2020. The purpose of this Request for Unsealed Proposal (RFUP) is to solicit a unsealed proposals to establish a contract through competitive negotiation for a Contractor to design a curriculum and interactive database to train key state government leadership to incorporate critical concepts of public health, through Healthy People 2020, into their organizational and legislative policy development. The purpose of this Request for Unsealed Proposal (RFUP) is to solicit a unsealed proposals to establish a contract through competitive negotiation for a Contractor to design a curriculum and interactive database to train key state government leadership to incorporate critical concepts of public health, through Healthy People 2020, into their organizational and legislative policy development. This project will position the Commonwealth of Virginia as a best practice in using Healthy People 2020 (HP 2020) to inform and guide statewide health and public policy decisions to promote health and health equity. Products will include a comprehensive HP2020 tool kit, which includes resources that educate and provide guidance on integrating health equity and the social determinants vision into the strategic plan of all state agencies within the Commonwealth. In addition, Virginia’s State Health Commissioner will lead in-person trainings with the Governor, senior agency heads, and key legislators in the Commonwealth. Participants will receive the above referenced materials and will have access to additional training tools through a web-based training resource based on the HP2020 framework. An anticipated outcome of this proposal is that each of Virginia’s state agencies will integrate HP2020 objectives into their strategic plans and performance measures. This will lead Virginia to incorporate HP2020 goals and objectives into the state’s performance leadership and accountability system, Virginia Performs. In turn this proposal will enable Virginia to quantify its success in promoting health and eliminating health inequities.
