Request for Proposal
The Executive Office of Aging & Independence (AGE) contracts with 24 Aging Services Access Points (ASAPs) statewide to administer services to older adults and people with disabilities. Boston Senior Home Care (BSHC) contracts with a network of more than 60 vendors to provide those we serve with a variety of services to help them remain at home and in the community. Comprising three ASAPs (Boston Senior Home Care, Central Boston Elder Services, and Ethos), the Boston Consortium administers the home care and aging services programs in the City of Boston. Each ASAP determines a person’s eligibility to receive services, and contracts directly with the provider agency.
How Does the Process Work?
As required by State contracting rules and regulations, BSHC is committed to ensuring an open and competitive procurement process when selecting contracted vendors to provide services to its consumers. Homemaker agencies pre-qualify to become vendors through the Massachusetts Executive Office of Aging & Independence (AGE). BSHC then contracts with those AGE pre-qualified homemaking agencies that best meet the needs of our agency and those we serve.
If you are a vendor interested in applying for Personal Care Homemaker services, please visit 800ageinfo.com for contract specifications, application submission information, and deadlines.
Services purchased through our contracted vendors include:
- Adult Day Health
- Aide Assisted Transportation Service
- Alzheimer’s/Dementia Coaching-Habilitation Therapy
- Assistive Technology- Electric Comfort Pets
- Behavioral Health Services
- Chore
- Companion
- Competency Evaluations
- Emergency Shelter
- Environmental Accessibility Adaptations
- Evidence-Based Education Programs (EBPs)
- Financial Consultation
- Grocery Shopping and Delivery
- Goal Engagement Program
- Home Delivered Meals
- Home Delivery of Prepackaged Medications
- Home Health Services (i.e. Skilled Nursing Care, Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Speech Therapy, and Home Health Aide)
- Homemaker
- Laundry Services
- Legal Services
- Medication Dispensing System
- Orientation and Mobility (O&M) Vision Rehabilitation
- Peer Support (Certified Older Adult Peer Specialist)
- Personal Emergency Response System and Enhanced PERS
- Short Term Respite Care
- Supportive Day Program
- Supportive Home Care Aide
- Transitional Assistance
- Translation/Interpretation
- Transportation
- Video Communication and Monitoring
- Wanderer Locator Service
Request for Proposal Submissions Now Open for the 2025–2028 Contract Cycle.
All proposals must be submitted in full on a flash drive (USB or USB-C formats accepted) no later than May 30, 2025 at 12 pm (EST), and enclosed in a sealed package clearly marked “SEALED BID.”
Proposals may be mailed or hand-delivered to each Boston Consortium member (i.e., BSHC, CBES, Ethos) with whom you intend to contract.
Women, minority-owned, and small businesses are encouraged to apply.
Proposal submission does not commit any individual ASAP to award a contract or to pay for costs associated with the preparation of a proposal. Each ASAP negotiates its own rates and reserves the right to accept or reject any proposal. Successful proposals will be awarded contracts effective October 1, 2025. Each ASAP will make an individual determination to award a one, two, or maximum of three-year contract.
RFP Information and Instructions
Service Specific Attachments
State Policies and Regulations
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
For inquiries or for more information please contact:
Melissa Diaz
Sr. Provider Relations & Consumer Services Manager
857-408-5216
[email protected]