The New York State Department of Health, AIDS Institute (NYSDOH AI), Office of the Medical Director announces the availability of $2,060,000 annually in New York State funds to provide clinical education in a variety of formats to New York State Medical Doctors (MDs), Doctors of Osteopathy (DOs), physician assistants, nurse practitioners, registered nurses, and other public health staff working in sexual health/STI clinics. The intent of the Request for Applications (RFA) is to award a total of $2,060,000 annually across four (4) centers for a period of five (5) years.
This is a procurement which encompasses two (2) Components:
Component A: Topic-Specific Centers of Excellence
The Topic-Specific Centers of Excellence (COE) will serve as statewide Clinical Education programs addressing one of the designated clinical topics: HIV Primary Care and Prevention, Sexual Health, or Hepatis C Virus/Drug User Health. Centers will utilize Specific/ Measurable/ Achievable/ Relevant/ Time-Bound (SMART) goals to plan, implement, and evaluate clinical education activities.
Component B: Resource Center of Excellence
The Resource Center of Excellence (Resource Center) will build and support the technological capacity of Clinical Education Initiative (CEI), maintaining the Learning Management System (LMS), www.ceitraining.org website, Clinical Education Initiative (CEI) apps, and play a central role in promoting CEI activities.
This Request for Applications (RFA) has been posted on the following websites:
The NYS Statewide Financial System (SFS) website at: Search for Grant Opportunities (ny.gov)
Search using the SFS #s in the Event ID field:
CEIA2025 (Component A)
CEIB2025 (Component B)
New York State Department of Health: http://www.health.ny.gov/funding/
In order to apply for this Request for Applications, eligible applicants must be prequalified in the Statewide Financial System and must submit an application via the Statewide Financial System.
Applicants may submit no more than two (2) applications in response to this Request for Applications.
Late applications will not be accepted.
Applications will not be accepted via fax, e-mail, hard copy or hand delivery.
KEY DATES
RFA Release Date: April 10, 2025
Questions Due: April 24, 2025, by 4:00 PM ET
Questions, Answers and
Updates Posted: (on or about) May 8, 2025
Applications Due: May 28, 2025, by 4:00 PM ET
DOH Contact Name & Address:
Beatrice Aladin, Director
Office of the Medical Director, AIDS Institute
Email: CEIRFA@health.ny.gov
All substantive questions by Applicants with respect to any aspect of the RFA must be submitted in writing to Beatrice Aladin, NYSDOH AIDS Institute, Office of the Medical Director, at the following email address: CEIRFA@health.ny.gov. This includes Minority and Women Owned Business Enterprise (M/WBE) questions and questions pertaining to the M/WBE forms. See, Section IV. K. (Minority & Women-Owned Business Enterprise (M/WBE) Requirements). Questions of a technical nature related to formatting or other minor details related to preparation of an Application may also be addressed in writing to the email address noted above. Questions are of a technical nature if they are limited to how to prepare your Application (e.g., formatting) rather than relating to the substance of the Application.
To the degree possible, each question submitted by a potential Applicant pursuant to the terms of this RFA should cite the RFA section and paragraph to which it refers. Written questions will be accepted until the date posted on the Cover Page of the RFA. All questions submitted should state the RFA Title and Number set forth on the Cover Page (RFA #20629: Clinical Education Initiative) in the subjec
Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Set Aside: No
Minority Owned Sub-Contracting Goal: 15%
Women Owned Sub-Contracting Goal: 15%
Due date:05/28/2025 4:00 PM
Applications Due: May 28, 2025, by 4:00 PM ET
Contract term: 10/1/2025 - 9/30/2030
County(ies): All NYS counties
Location: Statewide
Business entities awarded an identical or substantially similar procurement contract within the past five years:
Mount Sinai Institute for Advanced Medicine
University of Rochester
University of Rochester, Center of Community Practice
Background
The New York State Department of Health, AIDS Institute (NYSDOH AI), Office of the Medical Director announces the availability of $2,060,000 annually in New York State funds to provide clinical education in various formats to Medical Doctors (MDs), Doctors of Osteopathy (DOs), physician assistants, nurse practitioners, registered nurses, and public health staff working in sexual health/STI clinics.
The intent of this Request for Applications (RFA) is to award a total of $2,060,000 annually across four centers for a period of five years. The Clinical Education Initiative (CEI) has been enhancing healthcare providers' capabilities to diagnose and care for individuals living with HIV, Hepatitis C, STIs, and drug use for over 25 years.
Work Details
The procurement encompasses two components:
- **Component A** focuses on Topic-Specific Centers of Excellence that will address designated clinical topics such as HIV Primary Care and Prevention, Sexual Health, or Hepatitis C Virus/Drug User Health. These centers will utilize SMART goals to plan and evaluate clinical education activities. They are expected to deliver live in-person and virtual events including asynchronous online programs, podcasts, videos, and an annual conference.
- **Component B** is the Resource Center of Excellence which will support the technological capacity of CEI by maintaining the Learning Management System (LMS), managing the CEI website and apps, and promoting CEI activities. Both components must address health equity and racial justice in their programmatic activities.
Period of Performance
The contract term is from October 1, 2025 to September 30, 2030.
Place of Performance
The contract will be performed statewide across all New York State counties.
Bidder Requirements
Eligible applicants must be prequalified in the New York State Statewide Financial System (SFS) and can submit no more than two applications. For Component A, applicants must be not-for-profit Academic Medical Centers or Community Health Centers with at least five years of experience in clinical expertise. For Component B, applicants can be not-for-profit Academic Medical Centers, universities or professional educational organizations, non-profit community-based organizations or technology companies.
