Contracts Reportable Under Executive Order No. 6

Executive Order No. 6, “Ensuring the Cost-Effectiveness of Contracts for Personal Services,” signed into law by Governor Paterson on June 4, 2008, requires agencies that enter into certain qualified personal service contracts (“QPSC”) to make a list of such contracts available on their websites.

Copies of the contracts listed below may be obtained by submitting a Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) request to the Records Access Officer as follows:

By regular mail:
Records Access Officer
New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision
1220 Washington Avenue
Albany, New York 12226-2050

By fax: 
518-457-4966

By Electronic Form:

Freedom of Information Law

 

Contract # Amount Contractor
C161347 $111,599,320.00 Albany Medical Center

Contract Begin Date: 01/01/2016

Contract End Date: 12/31/2019

Reasons for Entering Into Contract: 
The original contract was awarded as a Single Source Contract.

DOCCS is mandated to provide appropriate medical care to incarcerated persons pursuant to the Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which prohibits cruel and unusual punishment. DOCCS contracted with Albany Medical Center to provide inpatient care in a secure setting, as well as outpatient services to individuals confined in correctional facilities in the North Country, Capital Region and Upper Hudson Valley regions.

 

Contract # Amount Contractor
C161298 $52,809,643 Erie County Medical Center

Contract Begin date: 4/1/2013

Contract End Date: 3/31/2019

Reasons for Entering Into Contract: 
The original contract was awarded as a Single Source Contract.

DOCCS is mandated to provide appropriate medical care to incarcerated persons pursuant to the Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which prohibits cruel and unusual punishment. DOCCS contracted with Erie County Medical Center to provide inpatient care in a secure setting, as well as outpatient services to individuals confined in correctional facilities in the Western New York region.

 

Contract # Amount Contractor
C161406 $29,926,678.00 Corizon, Inc

Contract Begin Date: 4/1/2017

Contract End Date: 3/31/2022

Reasons for Entering Into Contract: 
The original contract was awarded as a Request For Proposal(RFP).

DOCCS is mandated to provide appropriate medical care to incarcerated persons pursuant to the Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which prohibits cruel and unusual punishment. DOCCS contracted with Corizon, Inc to operate the 60-bed Regional Medical Unit located at Coxsackie Correctional Facility. This unit provides medical care to incarcerated individuals who do not require inpatient hospital care but require medical care beyond what is available in a correctional infirmary.

 

Contract # Amount Contractor
C161189 $39,231,285.72 First Transit

Contract Begin Date: 2/1/2013

Contract End Date: 1/31/2019

Reasons for Entering Into Contract:
The original contract was awarded as a result of a Request for Proposal.

In managing the movement of incarcerated individuals for security, health and programmatic reasons, the Department transfers more than 180,000 inmates per year between the various facilities. The Department has evaluated the merits of owning and operating its own fleet versus leasing for fleet services and determined that there are cost savings benefits from leasing. The First Transit Contract provides a 35 coach fleet (17 40- man coaches, 18 20-man mini coaches), drivers for the 40-man coaches, and maintenance of that fleet. First Transit coordinates all routes with the Office of Classification and Movement. Our Classification and Movement office also monitors activity to insure the contractor follows all procedures when transferring incarcerated individuals between facilities, in accordance with Directive # 4017, “Inmate Transfer Procedure.”

 

Contract # Amount Contractor
C161425 $9,501,249.00 Westchester County Healthcare Corp

Contract Extension Begin Date: 9/1/2017

Contract End Date: 8/31/2020

Reasons for Entering Into Contract: 
The original contract was awarded as a Single Source Contract.

DOCCS is mandated to provide appropriate medical care to incarcerated persons pursuant to the Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which prohibits cruel and unusual punishment. DOCCS contracted with Westchester Medical Center to provide inpatient care in a secure setting, as well as outpatient services to individuals confined in correctional facilities in the lower Hudson Valley region and New York City

 

Contract # Amount Contractor
C161363 $5,513,864.00 Wyoming County Community Hospital

Contract Begin Date: 9/1/2015

Contract End Date: 8/31/2019

Reasons for Entering Into Contract:

This is a Single Source Procurement. DOCCS is mandated to provide appropriate medical care to incarcerated persons pursuant to the Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which prohibits cruel and unusual punishment. DOCCS contracted with Wyoming County Community Hospital to provide inpatient care in a secure setting, as well as outpatient services to inmates confined in correctional facilities in the Western New York region.

 

Contract # Amount Contractor
C161451 $15,000.00 NaphCare Inc

Contract Begin Date: 4/1/2018

Contract End Date: 3/31/2023

Reasons for Entering Into Contract:
The original contract was awarded as a Request for Proposal (RFP).

DOCCS is mandated to provide appropriate medical care to incarcerated persons pursuant to the Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which prohibits cruel and unusual punishment. DOCCS contracted with Naphcare, Inc. to provide on-site hemodialysis treatment to incarcerated individuals at Wende and Fishkill Correctional Facilities.

 

Contract # Amount Contractor
CC161311 $40,000,000 BioReference Laboratories

Contract Begin Date: 7/1/2015

Contract End Date: 6/30/2020

Reasons for Entering Into Contract:
The original contract was awarded as a Request For Proposal (RFP).

DOCCS is mandated to provide appropriate medical care to incarcerated persons pursuant to the Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which prohibits cruel and unusual punishment. DOCCS contracted with BioReference to provide phlebotomy services and lab specimen testing for incarcerated individuals statewide.

 

Contract # Amount Contractor
C161293 $6,637,500.00 Law Enforcement Psychological Services, Inc.

Contract Begin Date: 10/1/2014

Contract End Date: 9/30/2019

Reasons for Entering Into Contract: 
The original contract was awarded as a result of Request for Proposal dated February 25, 2014.

Section 8 of NYS Correction Law authorizes the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision to conduct, or to enter into agreements necessary to conduct tests for psychological screening of applicants for employment as a Correction Officer with the Department. The objective of the psychological evaluations is to identify applicants who are psychologically unsuited for careers as law enforcement officers with the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision.

 

Contract # Amount Contractor
CC161301 $11,050,378 Putnam Hospital Center

Contract Begin date: 10/1/2015

Contract End Date: 9/30/2019

Reasons for Entering Into Contract: 
The contract is a single source procurement.

DOCCS is mandated to provide appropriate medical care to incarcerated persons pursuant to the Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which prohibits cruel and unusual punishment. DOCCS contracted with Putnam Hospital Center to provide inpatient care in a secure setting, as well as outpatient services to incarcerated individuals confined in correctional facilities in the lower Hudson Valley region.

 

Contract # Amount Contractor
C161348 $9,000,090.00 Kepro Acquisitions Inc

Contract Begin date: 02/26/2016

Contract End Date: 02/25/2021

Reasons for Entering Into Contract: 
The contract was awarded as a result of a Request for Proposal.

DOCCS is mandated to provide appropriate medical care to incarcerated persons pursuant to the Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which prohibits cruel and unusual punishment. DOCCS contracted with Kepro Acquisitions Inc to provide utilization review of medical services received by incarcerated individuals to determine if services provided were within the standard guidelines for care. This provides an independent review of medical services provided to the incarcerated population.

 

Contract # Amount Contractor
C161342 $11,440,545.00 Montefiore Mount Vernon Hospital

Contract Begin Date: 01/01/2014

Contract End Date: 8/31/2019

Reasons for Entering Into Contract: 
The contract is a single source procurement.

DOCCS is mandated to provide appropriate medical care to incarcerated persons pursuant to the Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which prohibits cruel and unusual punishment. DOCCS contracted with Montefiore Mount Vernon Hospital to provide emergency room and inpatient care in a secure setting, as well as outpatient services to incarcerated individuals confined in correctional facilities in the downstate metropolitan region.

 

Contract # Amount Contractor
C161446 $7,123,896.00 Pinnacle Travel Staffing

Contract Begin Date: 04/15/2018

Contract End Date: 10/24/2022

Reasons for Entering Into Contract: 
The contract was awarded as a result of an Invitation for Bid (IFB).

Inmates have an 8th amendment right to appropriate healthcare. Failure to provide healthcare is a violation of the United States Constitution.  The OGS Administrative Services contract in unable to yield Nurses in OGS Regions 3,8 & 10. DOCCS processed standby contracts for use when OGS Vendors cannot provide Nurses.