HAWAII STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

Family Health Services Division, Women, Infants and Children Services Branch

 

 

NOTICE OF REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP)

 

 

September 1, 2011

 

 

The Department of Health (DOH), Family Health Services Division (FHSD), Women, Infants and Children

(WIC) Services Branch, requests proposals from qualified applicants to provide the following WIC Services on the island of Lanai:

 

Certification for Program benefits; provision of specific supplemental foods; information on and support for

breastfeeding including the loan of electric breast pumps; nutrition education and individualized counseling to

meet each individual’s needs and specific nutritional risks; anemia screening; and health and social service

referrals to income eligible women who are pregnant, women who are breastfeeding up to one (1) year

postpartum, or non-breastfeeding up to six (6) months postpartum; infants under one (1) year of age; and young

children up to five (5) years of age; and found to be at nutritional risk in Hawaii.

 

An RFP Orientation Session will be held by video-conferencing center (VCC) on

Wednesday September 14, 2011 from 1:30 p.m.–3:30 p.m.  The following VCC sites have been reserved:

 

 

Maui

Wailuku Judiciary Building

2145 Main St., 1st Floor, Wailuku

 

 

 

 

Oahu

Downtown HonoluluKeoni Ana Building

1177 Alakea St., Room 302, Honolulu

 

 

If you would like to participate from a different VCC location please contact Susan Kanour no later than

September 9, 2011 by telephone (808) 586-4774 or email to susan.kanour@doh.hawaii.gov to provide

your location’s IP address and contact information.

 

All proposals must conform to the format and instructions provided in the RFP.  Copies of this RFP

will be available beginning September 1, 2011 from 7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the WIC Services Branch,

235 S. Beretania Street, Suite 701, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813 or downloaded from the SPO website:

http://hawaii.gov/spo2/health/rfp103f/

Proposal submittal deadline is October 26, 2011 by 4:30 p.m.

 

Inquiries regarding this notice should be directed to Susan Kanour, Public Health Administrative Officer,

235 S. Beretania Street, Suite 701, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813, (808) 586-4774, or susan.kanour@doh.hawaii.gov.