Youth Outpatient Specialty Mental Health Services

San Benito County Behavioral Health (herein after referred to as County) is seeking to solicit and award a multi-year contract to the most qualified service provider (herein after referred to as Respondent) for youth and transitional age youth (TAY) Outpatient Specialty Mental Health Services (SMHS) including but not limited to Clinical support, therapy, and case management services.

All agencies submitting a proposal shall provide administrative and direct program services to County’s Medi-Cal clients as defined in Title 9, Division 1, Chapter 11 of the California Code of Regulations. For clients under the age of 25, the Respondent shall provide all medically necessary specialty mental health services required pursuant to Section 1396d(r) of Title 42 of the United States Code (Welfare & Inst. Code 14184.402 (d)).

Specialty Mental Health Services (SMHS) for youth are a set of intensive, medically necessary mental health programs available to individuals under age 25 in California, designed to address complex behavioral health needs.

San Benito County Behavioral Health is soliciting proposals to provide Outpatient Specialty Mental Health Services (SMHS) which include, but not limited to case management, assessment, intensive care coordination, individual, family and group therapy for children, adolescents, and their supports who are designated Medi-Cal beneficiaries, and therapeutic behavioral services (TBS).

Target Population

Respondent shall provide services to the following populations: Children Medi-Cal beneficiaries ages 5 through 21 and for transitional age youth Medi-Cal beneficiaries ages 16 through 25 years old.

Program Description

The Outpatient Children/Youth Services will be staffed by Respondent with (6) six FTE Clinicians. [...] Respondents shall utilize Behavioral Health Community-Based Organized Networks of Equitable Care and Treatment (BH-CONNECT) evidence base practices (EBPs) while providing outpatient services. Preference will be given to Respondents who can provide TBS.

The location of all SMHS provided shall be available at the Respondent’s facility located within the County of San Benito and the Respondent shall give priority to those persons identified as at-risk or acute psychiatric treatment, or out-of-home placement. Respondents’ site must be fully state certified as a Medi-Cal site.

Respondent shall accept all appropriate referrals as assigned by the County. Each clinician is required to maintain at a minimum a client caseload of 25 beneficiaries or more.

The Respondent shall provide access to assessment and mental health treatment services in the primary language of all referred beneficiaries and beneficiary supports. Preference will be given to Respondents who have Bilingual staff.

Performance Outcome Measures

• Respondent shall provide County with all SMHS documentation as per County contract and any additional provided instructions on a monthly basis or as requested.
• The Respondent is required to have a mechanism to complete a quarterly review of all open charts.
• Respondent is required to attend a Quarterly contract monitoring meeting.

**Submission:** Electronic Submittal Only via OpenGov portal at https://procurement.opengov.com/portal/cosb. Proposals are due **November 9, 2026, 5:00pm**.

The Fee Proposal should be submitted as a separate PDF file from any other responses. A *Proof of Medi-Cal Certification*, cover letter, *Agency Reference Form*, and *Non-Collusion Declaration* (required) are among the required items.

**Evaluation:** Phase I is a pass/fail evaluation of submission completeness ("responsiveness"). Phase 2 scoring includes Capacity and Experience (**25** points).

The County will select the proposal that presents the best value and is most advantageous to the County and the public.

**Contract term:** The proposed period of the contract is 3 year term with the possibility of a single 1-year extensions for a Contractor performing satisfactorily.

**Insurance:** General Liability - **$2,000,000**; Professional Liability - **$2,000,000**; Motor Vehicle - **$1,000,000**; Workers’ Compensation Insurance - **$1,000,000**.