Conference Planning and Coordination Services

Executive Summary

The Texas Health and Human ServicesCommission (HHSC) is seeking a Contractor to provide an annual statewidetraining Conference for the Council on Sex Offender Treatment (CSOT). TheConference seeks to disseminate information, educate, and train professionalorganizations whose purpose is to assess, treat, and manage sex offenders andprevent sexual assault.

Conference attendance offers theopportunity to provide and promote a network of professionals in the field ofsex offender treatment and to ensure continued competence of professionals byoffering Continuing Education Unit (CEU) hours for provider licenses.

Scope of Work

Pursuant toTexas Occupations Code § 110.157, CSOT is required to design and conduct continuingeducation programs for sex offender treatment providers. CSOT, which isadministratively attached to HHSC, sets forth the standards of practice for theSex Offender Treatment Providers (SOTP) in Texas.

To maintain LicensedSex Offender Treatment Provider (LSOTP) and Affiliate Sex Offender TreatmentProvider (ASOTP) licenses, pursuant Texas Administrative Code §810.4 SexOffender Treatment Providers are required to complete CEU hours for each of thelicenses required annually which are offered at the Conference.

Contractorwill design, plan, coordinate, and conduct Continuing Education programs forLSOTP’s and ASOTP’s through CSOT compliant Conferences in the following format:

Frequency:Annually

Duration:Two days

Access:In-person or virtual

Contract Term

Theinitial term of any Contract resulting from this Solicitation will be for three(3) years. HHSC, at its sole option, may extend any Contract awarded pursuantto this Solicitation two (2) additional years.

Optional/ Pre-proposal Conference

Attendees must register for the webinar at the followinglink:

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/6475371863788589664

** After registration, participants will receive anotheremail with the actual link to the webinar. **

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