The Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF), Substance Abuse and Mental Health program, has posted DCF RFP 2627 024 — South Florida Evaluation and Treatment Center (SFETC) Operations (MFMP bid 16932), a new procurement for operation of the state-owned forensic mental health facility in Florida City.
Current deadline: Current MFMP-derived advertisement data shows responses due December 1, 2026. The accessible public advertisement does not expose a verified clock time or time zone, so Atlas is not inferring one. Prospective respondents must confirm the precise submission cutoff in the live MFMP solicitation before filing.
Scope: DCF seeks a single qualified respondent to provide facility-based forensic mental health services to adults and juveniles adjudicated as adults who are committed under Chapter 916, Florida Statutes, as either incompetent to proceed (ITP) or not guilty by reason of insanity (NGI). The advertised scope includes all components necessary for full facility operation, including management, operations and facility maintenance, security integration, and substance-abuse and mental-health treatment within the legislatively appropriated budget.
Facility context: DCF identifies SFETC as a licensed forensic hospital in Florida City with capacity for 238 individuals. The facility provides mental-health assessment and psychiatric rehabilitation treatment for forensic residents.
Funding: Atlas did not verify a published contract ceiling, guaranteed spend, or applicant-relevant award amount in the accessible current advertisement. The procurement is described as operating within the legislatively appropriated budget; no amount is being inferred.
Eligibility and qualifications: This is a vendor procurement, not a grant. The public advertisement calls for one qualified respondent capable of operating the full forensic hospital. Exact mandatory bidder qualifications, staffing and licensure standards, financial requirements, insurance, proposal security or bonding, required forms, evaluation criteria, and any subcontracting limitations must be taken from the controlling MFMP RFP package before any pursuit.
Submission, addenda and procurement rules: The live MyFloridaMarketPlace solicitation controls the response method, forms, procurement communications, amendments and addenda. Atlas has not yet recovered the complete controlling document package in machine-readable form, so no submission mechanic, subcontract right, or proposal-security requirement is being invented.
Contact: Current MFMP-derived advertisement data identifies Joshua Burns as the procurement contact. Respondents should verify the current contact details and communication rules in MFMP before sending procurement questions.
Atlas assessment: Atlas Opportunity Score 86/100 because this is a substantial, newly posted Florida behavioral-health and forensic-care procurement with a long response window. N9+/Dr. Miltie direct-prime fit is 18/100: Dr. Miltie is not established as qualified to operate a forensic hospital, and Atlas will not force a technology fit into a full-facility operations RFP. A limited technology or clinical subcontract role could be considered only if the controlling RFP permits subcontracting and a qualified prime identifies a compliant need. QC Healthcare/other Dr. Miltie partner fit is approximately 25/100 conditional. No outreach or bid commitment is recommended until the complete RFP package is verified.