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SPG-14-111 - Phase I: RFQ/RFP: Medical Marijuana Treatment Center Dev. for the City of Springfield, MA

Phase I : Request for Qualifications/Request for Proposals for Medical Marijuana Treatment Center Development for the City of Springfield Massachusetts - Per Bid No. SPG -14-111
will be received until 4:00 p.m.: DECEMBER 4, 2013

By: THE OFFICE OF PROCUREMENT
LAUREN STABILO, CHIEF PROCUREMENT OFFICER
36 COURT STREET, ROOM 307, SPRINGFIELD, MA 01103
PHONE (413) 787-6284 FAX (413) 787-6295
at which time they will be opened and recorded in the Office of Procurement Bid Room.

The Request for Qualifications will be available at no charge,in person at the Office of Procurement, 36 Court Street, Room 307, Springfield, MA 01103 during normal business hours, Monday through Friday between 8:30 AM and 4:00 PM., except holidays. Please refer to the bid number and the opening date when inquiring.
Through this Phase I Request for Qualifications/Request for Proposals (\"Phase I-RFQ/P\"), the City of Springfield, Massachusetts (the \"City\") seeks to obtain information and pre-qualify enterprises desirous of participating in the City\'s Phase II-RFQ/P process, the purpose of which will be to select one or more enterprises with whom the City will negotiate and execute a Host Community Agreement (\"HCA\") agreement for the development, construction and operation of a Medical Marijuana Treatment Center project (the \"Project\") within the City in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. This RFQ/RFP is intended to provide a public selection process but is not issued pursuant to Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 30B. Pursuant to Chapter 369 of the Acts of 2012- November 6, 2012, Ballot Question 3, \"An Initiative Petition for a Law for Humanitarian Medical Use of Marijuana\" and any regulations promulgated thereunder (See the regulations promulgated by the Commonwealth Department of Public Health (\"DPH\") to implement the medical use of marijuana - 105 CMR 725.000) (collectively, the \"Act\"), Massachusetts became the 18th state in the nation in addition to the District of Columbia to approve the use of marijuana for medical purposes.
The Act eliminates state criminal and civil penalties for the medical use of marijuana by qualifying patients. In order to qualify, a patient must have been diagnosed with a \"debilitating medical condition\" which is defined in the statute as \"cancer, glaucoma, AIDS or HIV, Hepatitis C, ALS, Crohn\'s disease, Parkinson\'s disease, Multiple Sclerosis, and other conditions as determined in writing by a qualifying patient\'s physician.\" Patients must have obtained a written certification from a physician with whom the patient has a bona fide physician-patient relationship. This certification must state the patient\'s specific debilitating medical condition and symptoms, as well as that the potential benefits of the medical use of marijuana outweighing any associated health risks for the patient.
The Act allows Medical Marijuana Treatment Centers (MMTCs) to cultivate, process and provide medical marijuana to patients or their caregivers. A treatment center must be a non-profit and apply for a DPH registration by complying with several mandates that include paying a fee, identifying a location with up to one additional location, and submitting operating procedures to DPH that include cultivation and storage of marijuana only in enclosed and locked facilities. A treatment center\'s personnel, known as \"dispensary agents,\" must be registered with DPH prior to working or volunteering at a center. Dispensary agents must be at least 21 years of age and have no prior felony drug convictions. Per the Act, a CORI check of these employees must be done.
In calendar year 2013, DPH may register up to 35 treatment centers statewide, with a minimum of one but no more than five centers per county. This number can be modified by DPH in later years. DPH is utilizing a two phased process. The DPH required completed Phase 1 application forms for Registered Marijuana Dispensaries be hand-delivered on August 22, 2013. The list of applicants includes the name of the non-profit corporation, a contact person (if provided) and the first county of preference for the RMD location. The total number of applications received by the Department was 181.
Under the DPH Phase 1 process, dispensary applicants were reviewed for, among other things, non-profit status and financial viability. Applicants were required to report whether any member of their proposed organization has a felony drug conviction.
Applicants who met the DPH qualifications in Phase 1 are eligible to proceed to the DPH Phase 2 process where a selection committee will conduct an in-depth review and select dispensaries through a competitive process. The DPH Phase II application is due to be filed with DPH on November 21, 2013. The DPH committee will evaluate and score DPH Phase 2 applications based on such factors as appropriateness of the site, geographical distribution of dispensaries, local support, and the applicant\'s ability to meet the overall health needs of registered patients, while ensuring public safety. As part of the DPH process, 105 CMR 725.100(B)(2) a DPH Applicant who receives notice from DPH that it may proceed to the DPH Phase 2 application process, must notify a City in which an RMD would be sited of its intent to submit a Phase 2 application.
To date, only two DPH applicants have complied with this regulation with regard to the City of Springfield. The DPH applicants are: Debilitating Medical Condition Treatment Centers, Inc. and Baystate Compassion Center, Inc. Copies of the Notices received by these applicants are attached to this RFP/Q as Exhibit E. As such, the City is inviting these applicants to participate in the City\'s Phase I process. The City\'s Phased application process is designed to help it coordinate its planning process and facilitate the implementation of the Act within the City of Springfield in accordance with the current regulations and the development of local regulations within the City. The City\'s intent in carrying out this process is to implement, at the local regulatory level, a careful balance of promoting appropriate access for patients with identified need, while mitigating secondary effects as to security and community impacts, including the inappropriate use and subsequent potential for diversion, as well as fiscal impacts.
The City will maintain a website to keep the public informed as the planning process goes forward.

The City of Springfield supports the goal of twenty percent minority and women participation in all contracts. No questions will be answered unless received by the Chief Procurement Officer at least 7 days prior to the expiration of the time set for submitting bids or proposals. The Chief Procurement Officer reserves the right to waive any informality in and to reject any or all bids if it is in the public interest to do so.

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