BECOMING A PROVIDER
** The Request for Proposal period is now closed for the Contract Cycle 2019-2022 **
The Executive Office of Elder Affairs (EOEA) contracts with 25 Aging Services Access Points (ASAPs) to administer programs for persons 60 years of age and over. The Boston Consortium is made up of three ASAPs (Boston Senior Home Care, Central Boston Elder Services, & Ethos) that administer the homecare and special programs in the city of Boston. Each ASAP determines the consumer’s eligibility for services and contracts directly with the provider agency.
Services purchased through our contracted vendors include:
Adult Day Health; Behavioral Health Services; Chore; Companion; Dementia Day Program; Emergency Shelter; Grocery Shopping and Delivery Service; Habilitation Therapy (Alzheimer’s coaching); Home Delivered Meals: Home Health Services (Skilled Nursing care, Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Speech Therapy and Home Health Aide); Laundry; Legal Services; Medication Dispensing System; Personal Emergency Response System and Enhanced PERS; Supportive Day; Supportive Home Care Aide; Translation/Interpretation; Transportation; Vision Rehabilitation, and Wanderer Locator Service.
The Request for Proposal does not commit any individual ASAP to award a contract or to pay for costs associated with the preparation of this proposal. Each ASAP negotiates its own rates and reserves the right to accept or reject any proposal. Successful proposals will result in contracts effective October 1, 2019. Each ASAP will make an individual determination to award a one, two, or maximum of three-year contract.
Women, minority-owned, and small businesses are encouraged to apply.
Central Boston Elder Services is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.
Awarded Contracts
CENTRAL BOSTON ELDER SERVICES WILL BE AWARDING CONTRACTS TO THE FOLLOWING ORGANIZATIONS, EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2019
The Boston Consortium, comprised of Boston Senior Home Care, Central Boston Elder Services, and Ethos, the three Aging Service Access Points (ASAPs) that serve Boston, have completed the proposal review process. Contracts are awarded based on thorough review of Providers RFP submissions and individual ASAP service needs. Some contracts may be awarded on a conditional basis. The providers listed below have been determined eligible to receive contract awards.
Providers should check each member of the Boston Consortiums individual website, Ethos, BSHC and CBES, to determine their contract award status with that ASAP.
All contracts issued through this procurement will begin on October 1, 2019 and will terminate on September 30, 2022.
The Boston Consortium would like to take this opportunity to thank all providers that submitted proposals in response to this solicitation.
Inquiries
For inquiries or for more information please contact:
Aixa Marcial
Contracts Manager
617-735-7930
amarcial@centralboston.org