PUBLIC NOTICE
Request for Proposals for Ryan White Part B, HIV Health and Social Services (State Services), and Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA)

On August 31, 2007, the Brazos Valley Council of Governments will release a Request for Proposals (RFP) for Ryan White Part B, HIV Health and Social Services (State Services), and Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) funds to contract for the initial contract year of 2008-2009. Proposals are requested from eligible entities in the Central Texas HIV Administrative Service Area to provide health and social services to eligible persons living with HIV/AIDS. Eligible applicants must be public or private nonprofit health care or social services organizations doing business within one of the five HIV Service Delivery Areas (HSDAs): Austin, Bryan/College Station, San Angelo, Temple/Killeen, and Waco.

A complete set of specifications and documents is available for download at http://hiv.bvcog.org or by calling (979) 595-2830.

A letter of intent should be submitted by September 14, 2007. A Pre-Proposal Conference on completion of the proposal will be held on October 3, 2007 at 10:00 a.m. The meeting will be held at the Brazos Valley Council of Governments (3991 East 29th Street, Bryan, Texas 77802) in the Board Room. Attendance at the conference is not mandatory, but is strongly encouraged. To be considered, proposals must be received no later than 4:00 p.m. on October 26, 2007.

Download file FY08 RFP Guidance Document - MS Word
Download file FY08 RFP Narrative Forms - MS Word
Download file FY08 RFP Budget Forms - MS Excel
Download file FY08 RFP Public Notice - MS Word

9.17.07 A new services taxonomy was released by the Texas Department of State Health Services on September 17, 2007. Please note the service category changes and use this taxonomy for the application. Download file PDF

9.20.07 This RFP was amended on September 20, 2007. Please download this file for the new HOPWA funding amounts. Download file - MS Word

10.15.07 Questions and Answers from the bidders conference and those received by email. PDF

Posted by BVCOG-HIV at 02:56 PM | Permalink

The following PDF files contains the proposed Ryan White Part B and State Services allocations for the Central Texas HIV/AIDS Planning Area. Today, August 22, 2007, begins a 30 day comment period. Please email comments or suggestions to chamilton@bvcog.org, or use the anonymous feedback form located at http://hiv.bvcog.org/feedback.html. You may also contact Christopher Hamilton at 979-595-2830 (or toll free 866-841-7288). Comments must be received by September 22, 2007.

08-09_CTHPA_Proposed_Allocations.pdf This has been rescinded, and an update is below

Download file PDF 20 KB Updated allocations as of September 6, 2007

All amounts listed are based on a level funding scenario and are subject to change based on the actual award to the State of Texas and the DSHS allocations to each HSDA.

Ryan White funding year: April 1, 2008 - March 31, 2009
State Services funding year: September 1, 2008 - August 31, 2009
HOPWA funding year: February 1, 2008 - January 31, 2009

Posted by BVCOG-HIV at 04:08 PM | Permalink

Following are the Ryan White Title II and State Services Quarterly Report form and instructions.

Download file Subcontractor Quarterly Report: Revised May 2007 - MS Word

Download file Instructions for Subcontractor Quarterly Report: Revised May 2007 - MS Word

Download file Sample Quarterly Report: Revised May 2007 - MS Word

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These duties are a guide for your agency to develop your administrative capacity. BVCOG expects to find that the agency is incorporating everything listed into its administration. Monitors will ask to see all or part of the following at any time during a site review.
Download file MS Word Document

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