Delaware Health
And Social Services
DIVISION OF MANAGEMENT SERVICES

			PROCUREMENT




          					DATE:  June 24, 2009 

  PSC#874	

						
			EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION SERVICES


        FOR

      
       DIVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH  


	
                         Date Due: 	July 23, 2009
				11:30 AM


 ADDENDUM # 1		Please Note:
	
THE ATTACHED SHEETS HEREBY BECOME A PART OF 
THE ABOVE MENTIONED BID.


							___________________________
							SANDRA S. SKELLEY, CPPO
					PROCUREMENT ADMINISTRATOR
							(302)255-9291

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							OPHELIA WALLACE (302) 424-7300



Early Childhood Education Services RFP – PSCO-874 (Questions and 
Answers) Pre-bid Meeting June 24, 2009

1.  Question:  Who currently provides these services?
     Answer:  Specialized Community Services currently provides these services through 
Child Development Watch.

2.  Question:  What are the current rates for these services?  
Answer:  There is no current rate for this position.  This is a new position that will 
be funded with American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds.  These funds are 
guaranteed for twenty-seven months.  CDW is seeking the best competitive rate 
from prospective bidders.

3.  Question:  What is the anticipated # of hours/# of full time positions?  
Answer:  One full-time position at 37.5 hours per week – Monday through Friday, 8 
- 4:30.  

4.  Question:  How many early childhood educators (ECE) are currently 
working?
Answer:  Currently, one ECE works in the Specialized Community Services 
component of CDW.

5.  Question:  What is the typical case load per early childhood educator?  
     Answer:  Service Coordination – approximately 10 cases.
Early Childhood Education – approximately 10 cases.
Total  - approximately 20 cases.

6.  Question:  How many children does CDW expect to be served by 
personnel under this contract? 
     Answer:  CDW anticipates that this ECE position would manage approximately 20 
cases.  The total caseload will be shared among a team of four Specialized 
Community Services staff.  Last year the team served 100+ cases in Kent and Sussex 
Counties between one full-time teacher, one full-time teacher’s aide and one part-
time teacher’s aide.  

7.  Question:  There are 4 assessment sites identified in the proposal - 
Dover, Milford, Georgetown and Seaford - as well as in the child's home.  
Will the same ECE cover all these areas or is it anticipated that there will 
need to be 4 or more ECEs funded under this contract?  
	Answer:  Only one full-time ECE will be funded under this contract. This contract 
will focus primarily on Sussex County, but with flexibility for Kent County if total 
CDW case load warrants the coverage.  Clinics will be held in all four locations 
representing one portion of the contract.  The primary focus of this proposed ECE 
will be the provision of Direct Early Childhood Education services in homes and 
community settings to enhance capacities of coaching services.  

8.  Question:  Is the population to be served just birth through three years 
old?  
     Answer:  Yes, CDW is mandated to serve the population birth through three years 
of age.  

9.  Question:  Are you looking for bids from agencies or individual 
contractors for this service?
     Answer:  Individual contractors and agencies may submit proposals in response to 
this RFP.  

10.  Question:  Will travel time billable?
       Answer:  Travel time will not be billable.  Only direct service time will be billable.

11.  Question:  Will travel expenses be billable?
Answer:  Travel expenses will not be billable.  Travel expenses as well as all other 
indirect expenses should be included in the bidder’s all inclusive hourly rate.  

12.  Is it possible that the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act 
stimulus money will be renewed at the end of the twenty-seven month 
period? 
        Answer:  We have no information at this time that suggests these funds will be 
available beyond the stated 27-month period.