Competitive sealed proposals will be received by the Mid-Florida Area Agency on Aging dba Elder Options until 4:00 p.m., October 7, 2009 for the provision of an array of home and community based supportive, nutrition, disease information, health promotion, and family caregiver services under the Older Americans Act. Older Americans Act service providers will be designated for each county in Planning and Service Area 3. These counties are: Alachua, Bradford, Citrus, Columbia, Dixie, Gilchrist, Hamilton, Hernando, Lafayette, Lake, Levy, Marion, Putnum, Sumter, Suwannee, and Union. The proposal package and application instructions may be obtained from Elder Options' offices on August 5, 2009 or thereafter. Elder Options’ office, 5700 S. W. 34th Street, Suite 222, Gainesville, FL. Elder Options reserves the right to reject any and all proposals.

A Bidders Conference will be conducted concerning this Request for Proposals at 2:00 p.m., August 19, 2009. Interested parties are encouraged to attend the Bidders Conference at the following location: Elder Options, 5700 S. W. 34th Street, Suite 222, Gainesville, FL

Correspondence concerning this Request for Proposals should be addressed to: Mr. David Huckabee, Director of Program Operations, Elder Options, 5700 S. W. 34th Street, Suite 222, Gainesville, FL 32608, (352)378-6649.