ActiveAtlas Opportunity Score 90/100
New Mexico DOH OSAH School & Adolescent Health Workforce Development RFP 27-665-2009-78430
New Mexico Department of Health seeks one statewide contractor for up to four years of school and adolescent health workforce development, including school nurses, school health assistants, youth health leadership and school-based health center providers. Proposals are due September 3, 2026 at 3:00 PM MDT.
FundingOne statewide professional-services contract; the RFP does not disclose a contract dollar amount. The resulting contract may not exceed four years.
DeadlineSeptember 3, 2026 at 3:00 PM Mountain Time (MDT in effect); electronic submission through the NMDOH Bonfire portal only.
Last verifiedAugust 30, 2026
Required next actionReview the Bonfire procurement library for any amendments and posted Q&A, confirm statewide school/adolescent-health workforce-development capacity, prepare the three-page organizational-experience response, coordinate at least three external references from similar projects performed within the last three years and ensure their questionnaires reach NMDOH by the proposal deadline, complete the mandatory specifications, financial-stability and cost responses, upload the entire proposal through Bonfire with adequate time for validation, and submit no later than September 3, 2026 at 3:00 PM Mountain Time.
Broad Eligibility
The RFP is a competitive professional-services procurement for qualified offerors capable of statewide school and adolescent health workforce development. Offerors must document relevant corporate experience with state government and/or the private sector, describe subcontractor experience, provide at least three external references from similar projects performed for private, state, or large local-government clients within the last three years, satisfy mandatory technical specifications and financial-stability requirements, and submit through the NMDOH Bonfire portal.
Atlas Analysis
Atlas Opportunity Score 90/100. New Mexico DOH seeks one statewide contractor to provide workforce development for school nurses, counselors, social workers, health educators, administrators and school health assistants; web-based training for new school nurses; five regional school-health updates; youth leadership and health-promotion programming; a school-based health center provider workforce-development opportunity; additional professional development; and quarterly evaluation/reporting. The procurement can result in a single contract of up to four years. N9+ Direct Vendor Fit 22/100 because the verified scope is training, workforce development, events and evaluation rather than telehealth, remote physical examination or clinical-device acquisition.
Opportunity Overview
The New Mexico Department of Health, Office of School and Adolescent Health, is seeking one statewide contractor for school and adolescent health workforce development under RFP #27-665-2009-78430. The solicitation was released August 13, 2026.
Funding / Contract Structure
This is a direct professional-services procurement for one statewide contractor. The resulting contract may run for up to four years. The public RFP does not state a contract dollar amount; the draft contract contains an amount placeholder, so Atlas does not infer or invent a funding value.
Eligible Respondent / Qualification Profile
Respondents should demonstrate relevant corporate and workforce-development experience, provide three references for similar work completed during the prior three years, show capacity to serve frontier, rural, underrepresented, and underserved populations, and satisfy the RFP financial-viability requirements. Experience with state agencies and capacity-building work is desirable.
Scope
The required work includes professional development for school nurses, counselors, social workers, health educators, administrators, and school health assistants; web-based training for new school nurses; five regional school health updates; a youth leadership and health-promotion workshop; one school-based health center provider workforce-development opportunity; continuing education; logistics; and evaluation.
Deadline & Submission
Electronic proposals are due through the New Mexico Department of Health Bonfire portal no later than September 3, 2026 at 3:00 PM MDT.
Atlas Opportunity Score
90/100 — strong statewide healthcare and school-health workforce opportunity with a multi-year contract structure and meaningful rural/underserved-population relevance.
N9+ Direct Vendor Fit
22/100 — the procurement is centered on workforce development, training, events, continuing education, and evaluation rather than telehealth, remote patient monitoring, remote physical examination, or clinical-device acquisition. No high-fit N9+ direct-vendor capture is warranted from the verified scope.
Official Source
New Mexico Department of Health RFP #27-665-2009-78430
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