City of Chicago

Department of Family and Support Services

Legal Advertisement Request Form

DESCRIPTION:  Department of Family and Support Services (DFSS),

Senior Services: Community Aging in Place – Advancing Better Living for Elders (CAPABLE)

The City of Chicago, DFSS Community Aging in Place Advancing Better Living for Elders (CAPABLE) Program is an evidence-based, interdisciplinary intervention and fall prevention program. It collaboratively engages older adults, Nurses, and Occupational Therapists (OTs), and handypersons to customize environmental home modifications that optimize independence and safety for older adults, allowing them to remain living in their homes.  The goals of CAPABLE Program are to: 

• Increase home safety, functionality, senior mobility, and capacity to age in community.
• Increase independence and safety with self-care task performance.
• Delay premature nursing home placement.
• Reduce Emergency Room (ER) visits and hospitalizations.
• Reduce fall risks.
• Reduce social isolation and depression.

DFSS seeks interested and qualified applicants to manage and operate this new program. The scope of operations include responsibility for outreach, program implementation, retention, and data collection on the impact of programs on clients served. The selected Respondent should have the capacity to serve a total of 50 clients for the full fiscal year city-wide.

This is a competitive process open to all entities: non-profit, for-profit, faith-based, private and public, all units of government and sister agencies. Eligible applicants are anticipated to come from community-based health organizations including but not limited to hospitals, home health care providers, managed care organizations, federally qualified health centers, accountable care organizations, or non-profit organizations who have experience citywide managing and conducting health assessments, providing education, fall prevention, and coaching in community-based settings for older adults aged 60 and older.

The term of contract(s) executed under this RFP will be from April 15, 2023, - September 30, 2024. DFSS anticipates one delegate agency will be awarded up to $191,335 in year one and $307,665 in year two depending on the size of their proposed program, a total two-year award of $499,000. This contract will operate on a reimbursement basis only. No advances will be given.

For more information, please refer to the application posted on the City of Chicago’s eProcurement page: https://eprocurement.cityofchicago.org/OA_HTML/OA.jsp?OAFunc=PON_ABSTRACT_PAGE&PON_NEGOTIATION_STATUS=ACTIVE

A note about the City’s eProcurement System:

For those who have not done business with the City of Chicago before, registration in iSupplier is the first step to ensuring your agency’s ability to conduct business with the City of Chicago and DFSS. Please allow five to seven days for your registration to be processed.

Current contractors need only to start an application via their existing iSupplier/eProcurement account. 

All vendors must have a Federal Employer Identification Number (FEIN) and an IRS W9 for registration and confirmation of vendor business information.

RFP DUE DATE/SUBMISSION LOCATION:

March 16, 2023

 12:00, NOON CST

Proposals must be submitted via on-line application.

E-mailed or faxed proposals will not be accepted.

PRE-PROPOSAL WEBINAR

A Pre-Proposal Webinar will be held on February 15, 2023, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon. Attendance is not mandatory but is advised.

Please register prior to the webinar’s start using this link:

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/5941275281054235999

2023 DFSS Applicant Webinar CAPABLE.pdf Link

CAPABLE webinar https://youtu.be/LjWmRkZ4bIo