The South Dakota Department of Social Services, Division of Medical Services, has issued Rural Health-Medicaid Primary Accountable Care Transformation (PACT), RFP 26RFP-27-09RHT-026 to procure and implement a Case Management Tool for the state’s Rural Health Transformation initiative. The platform is intended to support care coordinators, case managers and clinical teams serving applicable South Dakota Medicaid members, including targeted case management and community-based referrals for qualifying juveniles under Section 5121 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023.
Deadline and submission: current procurement listings consistently identify the response-deadline date as October 3, 2026. The exact response clock time and time zone remain unverified because the controlling South Dakota ESM Schedule of Activities is not exposed in accessible source text. Because the South Dakota ESM event package is the controlling source, offerors should confirm the exact Schedule of Activities inside ESM before submission.
Vendor and security requirements: the currently indexed package includes a 121-page RFP and Attachment C, BIT Security and Vendor Questionnaire v3.3. The security questionnaire covers hosting options, cost transparency, infrastructure, identity and access management, application-development technologies and security posture. Full qualifications, evaluation criteria, pricing structure, contract term, insurance, references, detailed interoperability requirements and any addenda must be confirmed from the controlling ESM package.
Funding/value: no official contract maximum or total procurement value is stated in the materials presently accessible for independent verification. South Dakota’s RHT funding forecast previously identified $3 million in first-year funding for the broader Population Health and Case Management Tools initiative, but that figure is not established as the value of this RFP and should not be treated as the contract amount.
Atlas assessment: Atlas Opportunity Score 74/100. N9+ Fit Score 20/100. QC Healthcare Fit 30/100 conditional. Broader Dr. Miltie direct-vendor fit is 58/100 conditional. The verified procurement is strongly relevant to Medicaid care coordination and health IT, but it does not itself procure connected physical-exam hardware, so N9+ fit is intentionally low. Current procurement mirrors classify the event as invitation-only; Dr. Miltie should not submit or initiate vendor outreach unless invitation/offeror eligibility and the complete solicitation requirements are verified.
RFP contact: Kirsten Blachford, Kirsten.Blachford@state.sd.us. The published question subject line is RFP # 27-09RHT-026, and questions are accepted only through the cutoff in the Schedule of Activities.
Official source: South Dakota ESM Posting Board. Search opportunity ID 26RFP-27-09RHT-026.