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Procurement Appeals Board upholds Metro award of $150M jail health contract after CHS appeal
Summary
The Procurement Appeals Board voted 4-0 to uphold the purchasing agent’s intent to award RFQ 379372 — a roughly $150 million contract for inmate medical, dental and behavioral health services — rejecting CHS Tennessee LLC’s appeal that the process was arbitrary and unfair.
The Procurement Appeals Board of Metro Nashville and Davidson County on a unanimous vote upheld the purchasing agent’s March 14 intent to award RFQ 379372, a roughly $150,000,000 contract for medical, dental and behavioral-health services for the county jail.
The board voted to uphold the purchasing agent’s decision after hearing a morning of presentations from Metro procurement, the appellant CHS Tennessee LLC and its counsel, representatives of the apparent awardee, and an operator who would provide the services. Chair Scott Potter recorded the motion to uphold; the recorded vote was Scott Potter, Gerald Smith, Brady Rich and Diane Lance — all voting yes. Attorney Nikki Eke, counsel to the board, said a written order memorializing the decision will be circulated within about a week.
Why it mattered: the contract covers clinical services for about 2,000 incarcerated people in Davidson County and, counsel for CHS and a YesCare executive said, carries significant operational and public-safety risk if a vendor is not fully vetted. CHS argued the procurement process was arbitrary because the solicitation…
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