REGINA — The Government of Saskatchewan has issued a request for supplier qualifications (RFSQ)
to gather information and create a list of service providers pre-qualified to provide addictions treatment services.
These services include withdrawal management, inpatient addictions treatment and transitional or recovery supports such as second-stage sober living.
Submissions will be evaluated based on competencies and credentials, such as skills and experience, local knowledge, treatment approach and quality assurance. The pre-qualified list will then be used to procure addictions treatment spaces.
The first RFSQ for addictions treatment spaces was issued in 2023 and it has been issued annually by the Ministry of Health, the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) and SaskBuilds and Procurement.
To date, 370 of the 500 new spaces committed to under the Action Plan for Mental Health and Addictions are now available to Saskatchewan residents.
Recent expansions of addictions treatment spaces include 15 mobile withdrawal management spaces with Medavie in Yorkton; 22 second-stage sober living spaces at Oxford House in Regina; and 21 second-stage sober living spaces at Oxford House in Prince Albert.
The Ministry of Health funds more than 800 addictions treatment spaces across the province, operated by the SHA and other partner organizations.
Additional details relating to process, timelines, and other relevant information can be found at: www.sasktenders.ca
The RFSQ will close Sept. 9.
