The Office of Performance and Innovation publicly posted the RFP. It described the services the City sought. 

Read the RFP

We held a meeting for interested vendors to ask questions. Thirty interested behavioral health providers attended. We recorded the meeting and shared it on the City's procurement page for providers who weren't able to attend. 

We asked vendors to notify us of their intent to apply by this date. 

We asked vendors to submit questions about the RFP in writing by this date.

At this date we also extended the due date for proposals, as was requested by vendors. 

We posted RFP questions and their responses to the City's procurement page. All vendors had access to this information. 

View the posted questions and answers

We asked vendors to submit proposals by this date. We received proposals from four vendors: 

• Canopy Mental Health and Consulting
• Twin Cities Recovery Project
• Crisis Prevention Institute
• Courage Consulting

We invited people from the following areas to review proposals: 

• City staff
  • Office of Performance and Innovation
  • Police Department
  • 911
  • Finance (Risk and Leadership)
  • IT
  • Clerk's Office
  • City Attorney's Office
  • Health Department
  • Civil Rights
• Hennepin County Medical Center (HCMC) psychologist and psychiatrist
• Community-based psychologist
• Hennepin County Emergency Medical Services
• Hennepin County COPE
• A Minneapolis resident
• Common Cause
• St. Stephens Outreach

Almost all participants completed a scoring sheet or provided feedback. Canopy and Twin Cities Recovery Project moved forward to interview. 

Read the panelist review guide

The interview panel consisted of people from: 

• The Office of Performance and Innovation
• St. Stephen's Outreach
• A Minneapolis resident
• HCMC Psychologist

The interview panel unanimously approved Canopy. 

We notified Canopy that we had selected them. 

We signed the formal agreement with Canopy for services. 

Review the signed contract