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Notice REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION of INTEREST (RFEI) #028-23 COMMUNITY RESPONSE TEAM (CRT) PROGRAM

Douglas County, Colorado (“County”) is seeking responses from responsible and highly-qualified companies/organizations (“Respondent”) that have an interest in partnering with the County to provide the clinical services for the county’s co-responder program called the Community Response Team (CRT) program. Douglas County’s leadership is strongly supportive of collaborating with a private provider to assure the smooth transition of the CRT program. There are nine CRT teams covering all the law enforcement jurisdictions in Douglas County. Two of the teams are Youth-CRTs responding to schools in Douglas County. The remaining teams are community based providing seven day a week coverage. The private provider would provide nine (9) clinicians, seven (7) resource specialists (case managers), one (1) Resource Specialist Supervisor, and two (2) working clinical supervisors that also serve on CRT teams or one clinical supervisor. Administrative and operational support and clinical oversight are also a part of the CRT program structure.

The RFEI document may be reviewed and/or printed from the Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System website at www.rockymountainbidsystem.com. While the RFEI document is available electronically, Douglas County cannot accept electronic RFEI responses.

Please submit two (2) original paper copies (no less than 11-point font) and one (1) identical version of the paper copies on a new flash drive (not password protected) of your RFEI response in a interest of the County to do so. Please direct any questions concerning this RFEI to Carolyn Riggs, Purchasing Supervisor, 303-660-7434, criggs@douglas.co.us, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays. Legal Notice No. 945694 First Publication: July 13, 2023 Last Publication: July 13, 2023 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press ###

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