Opportunity Overview
The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE), Office of Technology and Strategic Services, is soliciting a contractor for preventive maintenance services supporting existing UPS and HVAC infrastructure. The current Mississippi procurement record identifies Smart Number 1201-27-R-IFBD-00017-V03 and RFx 3160008122 and shows the solicitation as open.
Deadline and Current Status
September 21, 2026 at 2:00 PM. The current Mississippi procurement portal publishes the date and time but does not label a time zone on the searchable record. Public indexing of the IFB reports the deadline as Central Time and notes that the solicitation text uses CST. Atlas will not silently convert or infer a different time-zone label.
Scope and Contract Term
Public indexing of the solicitation describes preventive maintenance, repair coverage, parts, labor and emergency response for Liebert UPS and HVAC equipment at MDE facilities in Jackson, Mississippi. The reproduced IFB details describe annual preventive maintenance for UPS equipment and multiple HVAC preventive-maintenance visits, with a four-hour emergency response requirement and a five-year service period beginning December 15, 2026.
Value and Cost Structure
The accessible official Mississippi procurement record does not publish a contract ceiling or total estimated value. Atlas therefore records the contract value as not officially stated and does not use third-party estimated value ranges as controlling procurement amounts.
Vendor Requirements and Submission
MDE’s current bid-announcement page directs vendors to Mississippi vendor/supplier registration and Paymode resources. Publicly indexed IFB summaries additionally describe electronic or shipped submission, MAGIC supplier registration for electronic bidding, business-registration documentation, W-9 and reference materials. Because the official IFB attachment did not render directly through the available document connection, Atlas treats those package-level details as supplemental until confirmed against the attachment itself.
Addenda and Amendments
MDE’s official bid-announcement page now lists Amendment No. 1 and Amendment No. 2 for this IFB. Public solicitation indexing of the current package describes Amendment No. 2 as clarifying that bids must cover both UPS and HVAC maintenance, excluding major components, batteries, compressors, refrigerant and pre-existing deficiencies from routine parts coverage, and requiring those items to be quoted separately when applicable. It also reports a minimum five years of similar experience, three comparable references from the past two years, and a 100% performance bond on the awarded annual contract amount. Bidders should review and acknowledge both MDE-listed amendments exactly as required by the controlling solicitation package.
Atlas Analysis
N9+ Fit Score: 0/100. This is facilities and critical-infrastructure maintenance, not a remote physical examination, telehealth, clinical care, diagnostic, school-health, or remote-monitoring procurement.
QC Healthcare / Dr. Miltie direct-vendor fit: 0/100. Atlas has no verified evidence that Dr. Miltie, LLC or QC Healthcare is an authorized Liebert/Vertiv UPS or HVAC maintenance provider or otherwise possesses the required facilities-maintenance qualifications. No direct bid is being advanced.
Atlas Opportunity Score: 5/100 for Dr. Miltie direct pursuit. The procurement is relevant Mississippi education-sector intelligence but does not present a legitimate current Dr. Miltie healthcare-technology or grant-services pathway.
Official Sources
Mississippi procurement record
Mississippi Department of Education bid announcements
Atlas reverified this opportunity on September 18, 2026. The current controlling state record is Smart No. 1201-27-R-IFBD-00017-V03 and remains Open through September 21, 2026 at 2:00 PM.