Specifications include, but are not limited to: 2.1.1 The vendor shall provide Inmate Healthcare Services, which meets or exceeds the specifications contained in this document. 2.1.2 The service delivery program offered by the vendor for the performance of the services under this RFP shall include a delivery system that incorporates regularly scheduled sick calls seven (7) days a week, nursing coverage twenty-four (24) hours a day, seven (7) days per week, three hundred sixty-five (365) days a year; weekly on-site physician care; emergency medical care; medication pass to in-custody inmates, medical records management; written quality assurance program; written infection control policy; and education and training. The county has final decision on nursing staff scheduling for efficient operation of medical services at the Clay County Detention Center. 2.1.3 The vendor shall provide for the delivery of all medical care services under this RFP to the individuals subject to confinement within the Clay County Detention Center. 2.1.4 All services shall be performed to the satisfaction of the Clay County Sheriff’s Office. a. Services shall include all types of medical, laboratory, dental, pharmaceutical, hospitalization, inpatient care which shall include primary, secondary, and tertiary levels, outpatient medical clinic care, physician specialty, and all other medical type services to include mental health care. 2.1.5 The vendor shall provide onsite emergency medical treatment to inmates, visitors, and facility staff as necessary and appropriate. 2.1.6 The vendor shall also provide pregnancy care (in utero) for inmates, as needed. a. Care shall cover the period of pregnancy, delivery, and post-partum. b. The vendor shall not assume care of the infant from the moment of the infant’s recorded birth time. 2.1.7 At a minimum, all services provided shall meet or exceed the standards for Inmate Healthcare Services as prescribed by the National Institute for Jail Operations (NIJO) as they currently exist and as they may be amended. a. The vendor shall maintain and keep updated such documentation as may be needed for NIJO accreditation audits. b. All such documentation shall become the property of Clay County. c. The vendor shall fully cooperate in preparing for accreditation audits at the Detention Center. 2.1.8 All medical services shall be provided according to medically accepted community standards of care. a. The vendor shall comply with applicable state license regulations and requirements regarding performance of services under the agreement pursuant to applicable provisions in the Revised Missouri Statutes, which address the provisions of medical and medically-related services in the State of Missouri including, but not limited to, the handling of certain drugs. b. Any and all licenses held by the Vendor’s personnel must be current and retained in good standing for the duration of the Agreement period.
