Executive Director for SD Social Work Examiners Board

1.1 PURPOSE OF REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) The purpose of this RFP is to solicit an entity to serve as the Executive Director of the South Dakota Board of Social Work Examiners. The entity will provide administrative service for the Board. Administrative services encompass all aspects of Licensure including credentialing, continuing education, disciplinary actions including revocation and acting as a Consultant to the Board of Social Work Examiners. 1.2 ISSUING OFFICE AND RFP REFERENCE NUMBER The Board of Social Work Examiners is the issuing office for this document and all subsequent addenda relating to it, on behalf of the State of South Dakota, Department of Social Services. The reference number for the transaction is RFP19495. This number must be referred to on all proposals, correspondence, and documentation relating to the RFP. 1.3 LETTER OF INTENT All interested offerors are requested to submit a non-binding Letter of Intent to respond to this RFP. While preferred, a Letter of Intent is not mandatory to submit a proposal. Be sure to reference the RFP number in your letter. The Letter of Intent must be submitted to Kirsten Blachford via email at Kirsten.Blachford@state.sd.us no later than February 26, 2026. Please place the following in the subject line of your email: “Letter of Intent for RFP19495”. 1.4 SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES (SUBJECT TO CHANGE) RFP Publication February 19. 2026 Letter of Intent to Respond Due February 26, 2026 Offeror Questions Due Responses to Offeror Questions March 05, 2026 March 12, 2026 Request for SFTP folder March 25, 2026 Proposal Submission March 26, 2026 Proposal Revisions (if required) April 02, 2026 Anticipated Award Decision/Contract Negotiation April 16, 2026 1.5 SUBMITTING YOUR PROPOSAL All proposals must be completed and received in the Department of Social Services by the date and time indicated in the Schedule of Activities. Proposals received after the deadline will be late and ineligible for consideration. Proposals must be submitted as PDFs via Secured File Transfer Protocol (SFTP). Offerors must request an SFTP folder no later than the date indicated in the Schedule of Activities by emailing Kirsten Blachford at Kirsten.Blachford@state.sd.us . The subject line should read “RFP19495 SFTP Request”. The email should contain the name and the email of the person who will be responsible for uploading the document(s). Please note, offeror will need to work with their own technical support staff to set up an SFTP compatible software on offeror’s end. While the State of South Dakota can answer questions, State of South Dakota is not responsible for the software required. All proposals may be signed in ink or digitally by an officer of the offeror legally authorized to bind the offeror to the proposal and sealed in the form intended by the respondent. Proposals that are not mailto: Kirsten.Blachford@state.sd.us mailto: Kirsten.Blachford@state.sd.us Page 3 of 12 properly signed may be rejected. No proposal may be accepted from, or any contract or purchase order awarded to any person, firm or corporation that is in arrears upon any obligations to the State of South Dakota, or that otherwise may be deemed irresponsible or unreliable by the State of South Dakota. 1.6 CERTIFICATION REGARDING DEBARMENT, SUSPENSION, INELIGIBILITY AND VOLUNTARY EXCLUSION – LOWER TIER COVERED TRANSACTIONS By signing and submitting this proposal, the offeror certifies that neither it nor its principals is presently debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment, declared ineligible, or voluntarily excluded from participation, by any Federal department or agency, from transactions involving the use of Federal funds. Where the offeror is unable to certify to any of the statements in this certification, the bidder shall attach an explanation to their offer. 1.7 NON-DISC