CHIP and CHA implementation, Governance, Community Engagement, and Data Integration Support

Description

San Mateo County Health, Public Health, Policy & Planning (County) seeks proposals from qualified consulting firms or organizations to provide specialized expertise in a time-limited capacity to provide advisory, facilitation, and capacity-building services supporting the County’s Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP) and Community Health Assessment (CHA).The selected contractor will provide independent subject-matter expertise, structured facilitation, planning tools, technical consultation, coaching, and implementation-readiness recommendations. The work will help the County establish an effective CHIP/CHA governance structure; refine engagement approaches and implementation protocols; strengthen coordination with trusted-messenger community-based organizations (“CBOs”) and the CHIP backbone organization; and prepare the County to conduct comprehensive, equity-centered CHA/CHIP for future cycles.This procurement is for defined professional consulting deliverables. It is not intended to provide ongoing operational staffing, fill a County position, or delegate the County’s continuing public-health planning, program-management, data-governance, community-engagement, or policy-making responsibilities.The County will retain responsibility for the operational delivery of the CHA, including County decisions; community-engagement fieldwork; participant recruitment; survey administration; incentive administration; identifiable-data stewardship; language access services; final analysis and validation; and preparation, approval, and issuance of the final CHA/CHIP reports. Contract StructureMaximum contract amount: $85,000, not to exceed.Recommended contract term: 9–12 months, beginning after full execution of the County agreement.One contractor award is recommended.Compensation should be deliverable-based; payment is contingent on County review and