Minnesota RHTP Rural Maternity Care System Analysis — SWIFT 2000018576

Minnesota Department of Health is seeking an experienced vendor to analyze the financial and operational sustainability of rural maternity care and develop recommendations that will inform future pilot grants for hospitals and health systems. Responses are due September 11, 2026 at 12:00 PM CT.

FundingContract value is not stated on the public MDH solicitation summary. The procurement is part of Minnesota's Rural Health Transformation Program, supported by a $193,090,618.14 CMS/HHS Budget Period 1 award; that statewide award is not the contract ceiling. Bidders should verify all pricing requirements in SWIFT Event 2000018576 and the official cost proposal.

DeadlineSeptember 11, 2026 at 12:00 PM CT. Questions are due August 31, 2026 at 12:00 PM CT. Submission is through the Minnesota Supplier Portal under SWIFT Event 2000018576.

Last verifiedAugust 30, 2026

Required next actionMove immediately if questions remain because the question deadline is August 31 at noon CT. Confirm at least five years of relevant experience in stakeholder facilitation, health services research, hospital finance or cost accounting, and rural healthcare; document experience with state policy-development research and broad stakeholder-informed study design; retrieve SWIFT Event 2000018576 and all attachments; build the financial-analysis, service-capacity, stakeholder-engagement and recommendation methodology; complete the official cost proposal; and submit the full response through the Minnesota Supplier Portal by noon CT on September 11.

Broad Eligibility

MDH is seeking vendors with at least five years of experience convening and facilitating large stakeholder groups, at least five years of health services research experience, at least five years of hospital-finance or cost-accounting experience with technical assistance to hospital financial staff, and at least five years of work serving rural health or healthcare. The solicitation also requests experience on multiple state-policy research projects and stakeholder-informed research plans.

Atlas Analysis

A high-value rural maternal-health planning opportunity because the selected vendor's work will directly inform future pilot grants for hospitals and health systems testing sustainable rural maternity-care models. The scope spans preconception, prenatal, labor and delivery, and postpartum care and requires both service-gap analysis and rigorous financial modeling. Atlas classifies this as an RHTP procurement and research-planning opportunity rather than a provider grant and does not invent a contract value that MDH has not publicly disclosed.

Source verificationReferenced source · www.health.state.mn.usAtlas last verified this record August 30, 2026. Always use the funder's current application materials, amendments and portal instructions as the controlling source.View source and application materials ↗