Opportunity Overview
Garrett County Health Department (GCHD) is conducting ongoing recruitment under RFR/A BHSUFY27-01 for Independent Therapists to provide mental-health and/or substance-related-disorder services through the Garrett County Center for Behavioral Health. Services include individual and group counseling, diagnostic interviews and assessments, treatment planning, case management, documentation, referrals and related behavioral-health work. Services may be performed at approved GCHD office locations and/or school locations in Garrett County.
Open Status and Contract Structure
Status: Open, ongoing recruitment. The current official GCHD funding-opportunities page continues to list this RFR/A under recent/open notices, and the controlling packet states the due date is ongoing recruitment with no fixed closing time. GCHD reserves the right to make awards to up to 10 applicants. The initial start date is TBD, and GCHD may extend the resulting contract for one additional three-year term.
Compensation
The packet does not state a total contract ceiling. It states that the current Medical Assistance reimbursement rate for therapy is 50%, the rate for diagnostics is 60%, and administrative time is paid at $25 per hour. Compensation is only for required services actually performed, with travel and other expenses included in the submitted rate. Payment depends on required authorizations and complete, timely clinical documentation.
Eligibility and Qualifications
This is an individual-provider-oriented procurement. Applicants must be fully licensed in Maryland. The packet specifies an active, good-standing clinical license as an LCPC, LCSW-C or Independent Practitioner, and prefers at least two years of therapist experience. Applicants must submit proof of licensure, certificates of general/professional liability and automobile insurance, a current W-9, and a CJIS state and federal criminal background check/fingerprinting at the contractor’s own expense. Workers’ compensation/employer’s liability applies where the contractor has employees or subcontractors.
Required Submission Materials
Required materials include the RFR/A Resume/Application Form, three current professional references with telephone and email contact information, Conflict of Interest Affidavit, Criminal Background Check Affidavit, proof of licenses/registrations/certifications, and any additional material supporting the personnel qualifications. Selection considers price, relevant technical skills, experience and references, with interviews for selected applicants.
Submission and Contacts
The official GCHD notice links an online application form. The packet identifies Jennifer Brenneman as Contract Monitor, 301-334-7670, jennifer.brenneman@maryland.gov, and Shanna Humphrey as Procurement Officer, 301-334-7700, shanna.humphrey@maryland.gov. Because recruitment is ongoing and the live notice supplies the application form, applicants should use the current GCHD notice and form and confirm any attachment-delivery questions with the Contract Monitor.
Atlas Analysis
Atlas Opportunity Score: 82/100. This is a verified, currently open Maryland behavioral-health procurement with clear clinical qualifications, defined compensation mechanics, school-location applicability and capacity for up to 10 awards. Its limitations are that it is aimed at individually licensed clinicians rather than a broad organizational applicant pool and it does not publish a total contract ceiling.
N9+ Fit: 0/100. The Nonagon N9+ remote physical examination platform is not relevant to this psychotherapy/behavioral-health clinician recruitment and should not be positioned.
QC Healthcare / Dr. Miltie Fit: 5/100. The procurement could intersect with behavioral-health staffing, but the applicant qualification is tied to the individual clinician’s Maryland license and required documentation. Dr. Miltie, LLC should not be treated as a qualified direct respondent unless GCHD expressly confirms an entity can respond by providing a specifically qualified licensed individual and every applicant-controlled requirement is legitimately satisfied.
Immediate Next Step
Qualified Maryland LCPC, LCSW-C or other qualifying independent practitioners should review the current packet, confirm license standing and insurance, assemble the W-9, affidavits and three references, and submit through the current GCHD application route. Because recruitment is ongoing, prospective applicants should also confirm with the Contract Monitor that no nonpublic addendum or intake instruction has superseded the posted materials.
Official source: Garrett County Health Department — Behavioral Health Independent Therapist RFR/A.