Procurement

As a Managing Entity, LSF Health Systems (LSFHS) regularly conducts competitive procurements for behavioral health services that are open to non-profit organizations in our region.

Per Chapter 394 Florida Statutes, LSFHS is not required to competitively procure Network Service Providers. LSFHS posts procurement opportunities on this webpage. Please check this page regularly to view announcements about upcoming funding opportunities.

Additionally, all procurement notices are sent out via email to all active LSFHS Network Service Providers, stakeholders and anyone else who has requested to be added to our distribution list. If you are not currently on our list and would like to be added, please send your contact information to [email protected].

Current Network Service Providers are evaluated on an ongoing basis through monitoring events, Corrective Action Plans (CAPs), reviews, etc. Refer to the Reallocation of Funds Policy and Procedure below for more information.

Non-network providers who are interested in joining the LSFHS Network should complete the following and submit to [email protected]:

Policies and Procedures:

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Solicitation 2025-001 Family Intensive Treatment (FIT) Team – Putnam:
Solicitation 2025-001 Family Intensive Treatment (FIT) Team – Putnam
Responses to Written Questions – Solicitation 2025-001 Family Intensive Treatment (FIT) Team – Putnam
Award Recipient – Solicitation 2025-001 Family Intensive Treatment (FIT) Team – Putnam
APPENDIX A
Exhibit C and D – Projected Operating and Capital Budget – FY 24-25
Incorporated Document 28 – FIT – FY 24-25
Incorporated Document 28 – FIT Client Information Form – FY 23-24
Administrative Documents
CF 1123 – Lobbying fillable
AFFIDAVIT OF COMPLIANCE WITH EMPLOYMENT ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Employment Screening Affidavit (May 2017 secured)
Certification Debarment and Suspension
CF 1110 – SCRUTINIZED COMPANIES fillable
Administrative Document Attestation Form

SUBMISSION OF INFORMATION (SOI) REQUESTS:

ACTIVE SOI REQUESTS

LSF Health Systems (LSFHS) is seeking Submission of Information (SOI) requests for specialty programming in the following areas. All funding amounts listed below are subject to change and dependent on the availability of funds from the Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF).

Family Services Planning Team (FSPT) in Circuits 4 and 7:

LSF Health Systems seeks to contract with a Network Service Provider(s) in Circuits 4 and 7 to provide the following services:

The Children’s Mental Health Care Coordination Program is a network of community-based services and supports that is youth-guided and family-driven to produce individualized, evidence-based, culturally and linguistically competent outcomes that improve the lives of children and their families. Section 394.491, Florida Statute, outlines guiding principles for child and adolescent mental health treatment and support systems. Consistent with these principles, children and adolescents receive services within the least restrictive and most normal environment appropriate to meet their individual clinical and behavioral needs. In addition to offering traditional Case Management and therapies, LSFHS implements the Family Service Planning Team (FSPT) and Child and Family Staffing (CFS) program models to offer care coordination and non-traditional supports to children and families in need of more intensive mental health treatment. These services are offered by contracted Network Service Providers throughout the Region.

The FSPT process is designed to be a child-centered, family-focused and a community-based program that funds less traditional therapeutic services for children living in the community to divert them from residential placement. Through participation in the FSPT process, families are able to access services such as therapeutic camps, behavior analyst services, therapeutic friends or mentors, and specialized therapies that would not be covered under the child’s insurance plan. The FSPT team is a multidisciplinary group of professionals that engages the child and parents or other caregivers to consider the strengths and needs of the child and family. These teams work together with the family to strategize ways for a youth to remain at home or to return home from a residential treatment setting as soon as possible.

The CFS process facilitates the placement of youth into residential treatment when a child is recommended for this level of care by a physician. The CFS team is comprised of all individuals involved with the child and family (i.e. AHCA, legal guardian, treating provider, Department of Juvenile Justice, school representative(s), family advocate, Managed Care Organizations or other persons invited by the youth and family). The CFS team provides information and support to facilitate the child’s admission into residential treatment. The CFS team monitors the child’s progress while in residential treatment and ensures recommended services are in place when a youth is discharged.

LSFHS seeks to contract with a Network Service Provider(s) in Circuits 4 and 7 to coordinate both of the processes described above. To ensure the implementation and administration of these programs, the Network Service Provider shall adhere to the staffing, service delivery and reporting requirements described in Incorporated Document 30 – Family Service Planning Team – FY 25-26 along with the following APPENDICES:
· Incorporated Document 30 – FSPT Monthly POS Template-Appendix K
· Incorporated Document 30 – FSPT – Appendix L – FY 25-26

Proposals must include both Exhibit G and Exhibit C and D.
· Exhibit G – Submission of Information – Fillable – FY 25-26
· Exhibit C and D – Projected Operating and Capital Budget – FY 25-26

The anticipated effective date of the proposed contract may begin on July 1, 2026, or sooner. The specific area of need is in Circuits 4 and 7. Preference will be given to a proposal that can minimize start up time for beginning services.

LSF Health Systems will accept Submission of Information (SOI) forms with Fiscal Year 26-27 budgets, at maximum, of $156,500 per circuit, annually total by 4:00 PM, Friday, May 15, 2026, to [email protected]. Funding is subject to availability of funds from the Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF). The award recipient will be contacted directly.

ARCHIVE SOI REQUESTS
LSF Health Systems (LSFHS) is seeking Submission of information (SOI) requests for specialty programming in the following areas. All funding amounts listed below are subject to change and dependent on the availability of funds from the Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF).

Behavioral Health Network (BNet)

BNet is a statewide network of behavioral health service providers who serve children ages 5 to 19 years of age who meet all the following criteria:

1. Have a serious emotional disturbance or serious mental health or substance use disorder,

2. Are not eligible for Medicaid,

3. Are eligible for the KidCare subsidy program under Title XXI of the United States Public Health Services Act and,

4. Are enrolled in the Children’s Medical Services (CMS) Title XXI Health Plan

The goal of the BNet program is to treat the entire spectrum of behavioral health disorders and provide both children and their parents with intense behavioral health planning and treatment services for the duration of the child’s enrollment. The needs of the child are the primary focus for treatment. BNet Service Providers address these needs through:

1. In-home and outpatient individual and family counseling,

2. Targeted case management,

3. Psychiatry services and medication management including direct access to the network service provider’s pharmacy with no co-payments, and

4. Advocacy and provision for wrap-around services to meet each child’s social, educational, nutritional, and physical activity needs.

The Bnet Program must follow the requirement outlined in the following documents:

LSFHS Incorporated Document 18 – BNet: Incorporated Document 18 – BNet – FY 25-26
The payment methodology for the program is a capitated/bundle rate of $1,258.53 per child, per month. DCF dictates the rate and trends show an increase every fiscal year.

Proposals must include both Exhibit G and Exhibit C and D.

Exhibit G – SOI – Fillable – FY 25-26
Exhibit C and D – Proj Operating and Capital Budget – FY 25-26
The specific area of need is counties in:

Circuit 4 – Duval, Clay, Nassau; and
Circuit 7 – St. Johns, Putnam, Flagler, Volusia.
LSF Health Systems will accept proposals with annual budgets, at maximum, of $250,000 total per circuit by 4:00 PM, Friday, April 10, 2026 to [email protected]. Funding is subject to availability of funds from the Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF). The award recipient will be contacted directly.

Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness (PATH) Grant

The Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF) is the recipient of a Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) grant called Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness (PATH). These funds are dedicated to fund services for people with serious mental health illnesses experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness. The program requires a match of no less than $1 for every $3 of federal funds received. LSFHS, as the Managing Entity, acts as a supportive resource and technical advisor to awardees, who are any local public or not for profit organization, called PATH providers.

PATH grants are distributed annually to 50 states and offer an array of essential services that include Outreach, Screening and Diagnostic treatment, Habilitation and Rehabilitation, Community Mental Health, Substance Use disorder treatment, Referrals to primary health care, job training, educational training, and Housing services as specified in Section 322(b)(10) of the Public Health Service Act. All the listed services can be offered or a focus on providing one or two of the listed services can be provided. Required data is collected through the HMIS and PDX systems, in addition to the LSFHS Data System.

For more information on PATH, please refer to the following:

LSFHS Incorporated Document 24 – PATH: Incorporated Document 24 – PATH – FY 25-26
https://www.samhsa.gov/homelessness-programs-resources/path
DCF Florida PATH Program Manual: https://www.myflfamilies.com/sites/default/files/2022-12/Florida%20PATH%20Program%20Manual%202021.pdf
The program must follow the requirements referenced in Incorporated Document 24 – PATH.

Proposals must include both Exhibit G and Exhibit C and D.

Exhibit G – SOI – Fillable – FY 25-26
Exhibit C and D – Proj Operating and Capital Budget – FY 25-26
Personnel requests may include direct and indirect/administrative staff, to support PATH services and promote sustainability and viability of the program.

The specific area of need is counties in Circuit 4 – Duval, Nassau, and Clay Counties. LSF Health Systems will accept Submission of Information (SOI) forms with annual budgets, at maximum, of $236,527.16 total by 4:00 PM, Friday, April 10, 2026, to [email protected]. Funding is subject to availability of funds from the Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF). The award recipient will be contacted directly.

Circuit 7 Children’s Care Coordination Services

LSF Health Systems seeks to contract with a Network Service Provider(s) in Circuit 7 to provide children’s care coordination services, which includes two (2) Care Coordinators.
Care Coordination serves to assist individuals who are not effectively connected with the services and supports they need to transition successfully from higher levels of care to effective community-based care. Care Coordination is designed to:
Improve transitions from acute and restrictive to less restrictive community-based levels of care;
Decrease avoidable hospitalizations, inpatient care, incarcerations, and homelessness; and
Focus on an individual’s wellness, physical health, and community integration.
Reducing entry into the child welfare system, and increase knowledge of, and access to, community-based services and supports
The program must follow the requirements reference on Incorporated Document 31 – Care Coordination – FY 24-25.
Proposals must include both Exhibit G and Exhibit C and D.
Exhibit G – SOI – Fillable – FY 24-25
Exhibit C and D – Proj Operating and Capital Budget – FY 24-25
The anticipated effective date of the proposed contract may begin on September 1, 2025. The specific area of need is in Circuit 7. Preference will be given to a proposal that can minimize start up time for beginning services.
LSF Health Systems will accept Submission of Information (SOI) forms with Fiscal Year 25-26 budgets, at maximum, of $75,000 per position, annually total by 4:00 PM, Friday, July 31, 2025, to [email protected]. Funding is subject to availability of funds from the Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF). The award recipient will be contacted directly.

Procurement

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SUBMISSION OF INFORMATION (SOI) REQUESTS:

ACTIVE SOI REQUESTS

Behavioral Health Network (BNet)

BNet is a statewide network of behavioral health service providers who serve children ages 5 to 19 years of age who meet all the following criteria:

1. Have a serious emotional disturbance or serious mental health or substance use disorder,

2. Are not eligible for Medicaid,

3. Are eligible for the KidCare subsidy program under Title XXI of the United States Public Health Services Act and,

4. Are enrolled in the Children’s Medical Services (CMS) Title XXI Health Plan

1. In-home and outpatient individual and family counseling,

2. Targeted case management,

3. Psychiatry services and medication management including direct access to the network service provider’s pharmacy with no co-payments, and

4. Advocacy and provision for wrap-around services to meet each child’s social, educational, nutritional, and physical activity needs.

The Bnet Program must follow the requirement outlined in the following documents:

LSFHS Incorporated Document 18 – BNet: Incorporated Document 18 – BNet – FY 25-26 The payment methodology for the program is a capitated/bundle rate of $1,258.53 per child, per month. DCF dictates the rate and trends show an increase every fiscal year.

Proposals must include both Exhibit G and Exhibit C and D.

Exhibit G – SOI – Fillable – FY 25-26 Exhibit C and D – Proj Operating and Capital Budget – FY 25-26 The specific area of need is counties in:

Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness (PATH) Grant

For more information on PATH, please refer to the following:

Proposals must include both Exhibit G and Exhibit C and D.

Exhibit G – SOI – Fillable – FY 25-26 Exhibit C and D – Proj Operating and Capital Budget – FY 25-26 Personnel requests may include direct and indirect/administrative staff, to support PATH services and promote sustainability and viability of the program.

Circuit 7 Children’s Care Coordination Services

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LSFHS Incorporated Document 18 – BNet: Incorporated Document 18 – BNet – FY 25-26
The payment methodology for the program is a capitated/bundle rate of $1,258.53 per child, per month. DCF dictates the rate and trends show an increase every fiscal year.

Exhibit G – SOI – Fillable – FY 25-26
Exhibit C and D – Proj Operating and Capital Budget – FY 25-26
The specific area of need is counties in:

Exhibit G – SOI – Fillable – FY 25-26
Exhibit C and D – Proj Operating and Capital Budget – FY 25-26
Personnel requests may include direct and indirect/administrative staff, to support PATH services and promote sustainability and viability of the program.