New Mexico Aging and Long-Term Services Department: The Provision of Legal Assistance, Representation, and Outreach/Education Services to Establish Legal Guardianships

The New Mexico Aging and Long-Term Services Department seeks to establish a contract through competitive negotiations for the purchase of legal assistance, representation, and outreach/education services to establish legal guardianships between kinship caregivers and children.

Services to be provided include (see solicitation for more details regarding scope of work):

• Direct Legal Assistance to Kinship Caregivers: The Contractor and/or its subcontractor(s) shall provide direct legal assistance to a minimum of 213 families for at least 843 hours during the contract period.
• Direct Legal Representation to Kinship Caregivers: The Contractor and its subcontractor(s) shall provide direct legal representation to a minimum of 150 families for at least 2216 hours during the contract period.
• Community Education to Kinship Caregivers: The Contractor and its subcontractor(s) shall serve a minimum of 400 families through community education activities. The Contractor and its subcontractor(s) shall market and promote local community events.

Amount: A contract award will be made for one year with the potential to be extended for up to three additional on-year periods. The first year of the contract may be for $248,000. However, the actual work required may ultimately yield more or less than this amount.

Eligibility: An Offeror is defined as any person, corporation, or partnership that chooses to submit a proposal. Offerors with relevant experience in family law and kinship caregiver guardianship are encouraged to submit proposals. Preference will be given to Offerors who:

• Demonstrate serving target populations in metropolitan, rural, and frontier areas statewide
• Demonstrate collaborative proposals
• Demonstrate an ability or capacity to obtain funds or resources that supplement and/or expand services described in a proposal
• Demonstrate innovative service delivery models

Link: http://www.nmaging.state.nm.us/partners.aspx

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