Opportunity Overview
The Mississippi Department of Finance and Administration, Office of Statewide Strategic Sourcing, on behalf of the Public Procurement Review Board, is establishing a Preapproved Vendor List for Professional Nursing Services. The controlling solicitation is IFB No. 2026-01, RFx 3160008187, currently reflected on the state procurement portal as Smart Number 1614-27-R-IFBD-00001-V03.
Deadline and Amendment
Amendment #2 extends the bid submission deadline to September 14, 2026 at 5:00 PM CDT. This supersedes the original September 10 deadline. All other previously amended terms remain unchanged.
Contract Structure and Value
The PVL covers a five-year term and allows Mississippi state agencies to select approved vendors for professional nursing services without conducting an individual procurement each time. Multiple vendors may be approved by region. Placement on the PVL does not guarantee any contract award or minimum volume, so there is no stated maximum contract value.
Services and Geography
Vendors may bid by category and region for Nurse Practitioners, Registered Nurses, Licensed Practical Nurses, Certified Nursing Assistants, and Personal Care Attendants. The state is divided into eight regions: North Delta, Northeast, South Delta, East Central, Central, Pinebelt, Southwest, and Coastal. Individual agencies will later define detailed scopes, budgets, schedules, and staffing needs for specific engagements.
Mandatory Vendor Qualifications
To be deemed responsible, a bidder must have been in business providing similar services for at least two years, must have made at least 40 nursing placements within the past two years across the professional nursing service categories covered by the IFB; Amendment #1 clarifies that qualifying placements need not have occurred in Mississippi, must maintain an office in each region bid or explain how that region will be serviced, must provide two qualifying letters of recommendation, and must be registered and in good standing to do business in Mississippi or commit to register within seven days after notice of intent to award.
Personnel and Operating Requirements
The IFB establishes Mississippi licensure/certification and experience requirements by nursing category. Approved vendors must maintain qualified staffing capacity, provide licenses/certifications, orientation and competency documentation, comply with agency policies and applicable healthcare standards, support background/drug screening requirements, maintain required records, and provide a valid Health Care Staffing Services (HCSS) certification at the time designated by the individual Contracting Agency; Amendment #1 states the issuing organization/equivalent accreditation requirement should be confirmed with that Contracting Agency.
Bid Package and Submission
The bid package requires the Bid Cover Sheet, Bid Form for each region or an all-regions form where permitted, signed Certifications and Assurances, Release of Bid as Public Record, two genuine client recommendation letters for similar services provided within the past three years, and acknowledgment of all amendments. Electronic submissions must be a single signed PDF email to PVLs@dfa.ms.gov with subject line SEALED BID Professional Nursing PVL RFx # 3160008187, must comply with the IFB’s 10-page and 5 MB limits, and are timestamped when received by OSSS; physical sealed-bid submission is also permitted. The amendment acknowledgement must be received by the extended deadline.
Contact
Laura Furdge and April Burns, Mississippi DFA Office of Statewide Strategic Sourcing; PVLs@dfa.ms.gov. The state procurement portal lists Laura Furdge at LAURA.FURDGE@DFA.MS.GOV, 601-359-3402.
Atlas Analysis
N9+ Fit Score: 0/100. This is a nursing-personnel staffing vehicle, not funding for remote physical examinations, telehealth equipment, RPM, diagnostics, or a clinical technology platform.
QC Healthcare / Dr. Miltie direct-vendor fit: not advanced. Atlas has not verified the mandatory two-year comparable professional nursing staffing history or the required 40 nursing placements during the prior two years in available Dr. Miltie records. Those are threshold qualifications. Atlas will not infer, substitute, or fabricate them.
Atlas Opportunity Score: 15/100 for current direct-pursuit readiness. The statewide healthcare channel could be strategically useful only if the threshold staffing qualifications are documented. They are not currently verified.
Atlas Action
Publish as verified Mississippi healthcare procurement intelligence and monitor for rolling awards or future nursing/clinical-service vehicles. No CRM Deal, WorkDrive pursuit folder, applicant record, task, or outreach is created because no legitimate Dr. Miltie/QC direct bid is presently supportable.
Official sources: Mississippi DFA current solicitations page, IFB No. 2026-01, Amendment #2, and the Mississippi procurement portal. Atlas verified September 11, 2026.