2024 In-Prison Substance Use Disorder Treatment RFP
2024 In-Prison Substance Use Disorder Treatment RFP
This page contains supplemental information to assist in the completion of submissions for the 2024 In-Prison Substance Use Disorder Treatment Request for Proposals (RFP #0207-J). The RFP can be found on the Wyoming Department of Administration and Information Purchasing and Bid Information, Public Purchase website. All questions regarding this RFP must be submitted through Public Purchase and questions submitted directly to the Agency will not be answered.
WDOC Mission
The Wyoming Department of Corrections contributes to public safety by exercising reasonable, safe, secure and humane management, while actively providing offenders opportunities to become law-abiding citizens.
WDOC Vision
To be the Benchmark Correctional Agency in the United States. The Wyoming Department of Corrections will provide a seamless correctional system aimed at improving community safety through employee training, recognition and retention, evidence-based crime prevention, risk/need assessment, and recidivism reduction strategies.
Facility tours may be completed by vendors who elect to do so. Tours must be completed on March 12 and 13, 2024, and must be scheduled with WDOC in advance.
To schedule a facility tour, please contact Corrie Kemp at corrie.kemp1@wyo.gov
Please include the name of your company, the number of visitors, full names of all visitors and a completed 107.1 for each visitor, and whether you plan to visit all 3 facilities.
Tour groups are limited to no more than four (4) visitors per company.
All visitors must have site clearance prior to the visit and each visitor must complete WDOC Form #107.1. Please send completed forms to Corrie Kemp (corrie.kemp1@wyo.gov) no later than March 5, 2024.
If there is an issue with site clearance, you will be notified. If there are no issues, you will not be contacted.
All costs associated with the facility tours are the sole responsibility of the vendor. WDOC will not provide reimbursement for travel or any other costs associated with site tours.
The tours will cover the three (3) WDOC facilities that house the therapeutic communities (ITU and YOTP) on the following dates/times. This is subject to change due to weather and facility availability.
Tuesday, March 12, 2024
8:00 AM – WHCC (Newcastle, WY)
1:00 PM – WWC (Lusk, WY)
Wednesday, March 13, 2024
10:30 AM – WSP (Rawlins, WY)
More data sheets and information will be added as they are available.
In March 2020, the Wyoming State Legislature outlined requirements in W.S. 25-1-105, formerly known as House Bill 31 (HB31). The statute requires coordination between WDH and WDOC to develop new programs that improve mental health and substance use disorder (SUD) treatment for persons involved in the correctional system. The purpose of this bill is to reduce recidivism rates. Specific requirements include:
The creation of a behavioral health services enhancement program for community behavioral health providers through contracts administered by WDH;
The adoption of standardized, evidence-based treatment practices;
To the extent allowed by law, efforts to permit and require the portability and universal recognition of mental health and substance use disorder assessment tools;
The creation of competitive, outcome-based funding streams for behavioral health providers to expand services, improve quality and increase provider training; and
WDOC to create a quality improvement unit to regularly monitor the administration and use of assessment tools.
In response to HB31, WDOC, in collaboration with the Wyoming Department of Health (WDH), developed the current In-Reach process to assist in reducing the length of wait time between release from incarceration to enrollment with a community treatment provider.
For substance use disorder treatment (SUD), this process requires the in-prison SUD provider(s) to complete a referral and virtual intake appoint with a community provider for all inmates released with a continued SUD need. This allows offenders to be enrolled as clients with a community provider and continue treatment as soon as possible upon their release.
Policies and Procedures that are available to the public can be found on this page: https://corrections.wyo.gov/institutional-information/department-policiesprocedures-forms
Policies and Procedures relevant to this RFP are:
WDOC P&P 1.009: Release of Information
WDOC P&P 1.013: Incident Reporting*
WDOC P&P1.014: Investigations*
WDOC P&P 1.403: Protected Health Information and Personally Identifiable Information Records Security*
WDOC P&P 3.007: Facility Access*
WDOC P&P 3.100: Inmate Communication and Grievance Procedure
WDOC P&P 3.101: Code of Inmate Discipline
WDOC P&P 3.102: Inmate Disciplinary Procedures
WDOC P&P 3.200: Emergency Preparedness*
WDOC P&P 3.210: Comprehensive Safety and Health Program for Correctional Facilities*
WDOC P&P 3.402: Protection from Sexual Misconduct Against Offenders
WDOC P&P 4.104: Youthful Offender Transition Program
WDOC P&P 4.106: Management of Youthful Inmates
WDOC P&P 4.302: Offender Substance Abuse Testing, Sanctioning, and Treatment
WDOC P&P 4.306: Suicide Crisis Intervention*
WDOC P&P 4.307: Inmate Access to Health Care
WDOC P&P 4.309: Inmate Detoxification*
WDOC P&P 4.313: Inmate Mental Health Services
WDOC P&P 4.316: Informed Consent and Right to Refuse Treatment
WDOC P&P 4.317: Care of the Pregnant Inmate
WDOC P&P 4.319: Inmate Health Records
WDOC P&P 4.320: Death of an Inmate*
WDOC P&P 4.321: Inmates with Special Health Needs
WDOC P&P 4.340: Inmate Health Services and Continuity of Care
WDOC P&P 4.500: Access to Social Services
WDOC P&P 4.600: Joint Reentry Team (JET)
Policies with an asterisk (*) cannot be released to the public for various safety and security reasons and, therefore, are not included on the RFP website.