$2.01 Million Statewide Veterans Behavioral Health Advocacy Contract
The California Behavioral Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission has released Veterans Community Advocacy Program RFP Veterans-004 to select one organization to develop and facilitate a statewide program supporting Veterans, including Veterans in Behavioral Health Services Act priority populations. The verified scope includes direct advocacy, supported self-advocacy, training and mentorship, outreach and engagement, community feedback, behavioral-health career-pathway support, participant stipends and equity-access funding.
The contract is structured as a three-year, deliverables-based agreement valued at $2,010,000. The RFP was released August 20, 2026. The proposal deadline is October 8, 2026 at 12:00 PM; the official opportunity page remains marked Accepting Applications. The Commission currently identifies November 24, 2026 as the anticipated Notice of Intent to Award date. Prospective bidders should use the controlling RFP and latest addenda to confirm the submission time-zone label before filing.
Eligibility and Qualifications
This is a competitive professional-services procurement for one organization with demonstrated capacity to conduct statewide Veterans advocacy, outreach, engagement, training and behavioral-health systems work. Current solicitation materials require at least three recent references and supporting proposer documentation. The contractor must perform at least 51% of the work in-house; Commission-approved subcontractors may support the remaining work. Bidders should confirm all minimum qualifications, corporate eligibility, insurance, certifications, references, subcontracting restrictions and conflict-of-interest provisions in the controlling RFP and addenda.
Required Proposal Materials
The solicitation package requires the prescribed cover sheet and minimum-qualification materials, proposer background, proposed workplan, cost sheet and budget narrative, three references, bidder declaration, contractor certification clauses, applicable Darfur Contracting Act certification, payee data record and final submission checklist. Electronic signatures are accepted. Current procurement summaries indicate proposals are submitted by email in Word or searchable PDF format to the Commission procurement address; verify the latest addenda before submission.
Amendments and Questions
The Commission has posted two addenda, change logs, and a questions-and-responses document for Veterans-004. Prospective bidders should treat those documents as controlling where they modify the original RFP.
Atlas Opportunity Analysis
Atlas Opportunity Score: 82/100. This is a substantial, currently open California behavioral-health services procurement with a defined three-year term, statewide scope and clear competitive process.
N9+ Fit: 2/100. The procurement is centered on advocacy, community engagement, training and behavioral-health systems participation. It does not establish a legitimate remote physical examination, diagnostic-device, RPM, CCM or TCM equipment pathway. Atlas should not force N9+ into this response.
QC Healthcare / Dr. Miltie direct-vendor fit: low and qualification-gated. Atlas does not currently have verified internal evidence that Dr. Miltie or QC Healthcare possesses the specialized Veterans advocacy, statewide behavioral-health engagement, lived-experience-informed programming and recent comparable references required to credibly serve as the prime contractor. Do not submit as prime unless those qualifications can be documented truthfully against the controlling RFP.
Next Action
Qualified Veterans and behavioral-health advocacy organizations should review the original RFP, Addenda 1 and 2, the posted change logs and questions/responses, verify every minimum qualification and submission requirement, complete the required cost and narrative forms, and submit by October 8, 2026 at 12:00 PM using the method stated in the current solicitation package.
Official source: California Behavioral Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission, Veterans Community Advocacy Program.