The Washington State Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS), Economic Services Administration, maintains RFQ 2435-860, ESA Medical, Psychological, and Psychiatric Consultative Services as an ongoing procurement to expand its pool of qualified contracted health professionals providing medical, psychological, psychiatric, disability-evaluation and related consultative services for Washington clients applying for public benefits.
Open pathways and current restrictions
Current DSHS pages continue to accept application packets for Community Services Division pathways including Aged, Blind or Disabled medical-evidence reviews, Disability Eligibility Review, and Mental Incapacity Evaluations. Applicants submit the applicable packet directly to the program contact identified by DSHS.
Division of Disability Determination Services pathways have specialty and geography restrictions. DSHS states that, as of April 14, 2026, it is not accepting new Western Washington applications for general medical specialties other than pediatrics, psychiatric specialties, or psychological specialties other than psychological testing, and it is not accepting new applications to provide telehealth consultative examinations. Applicants should confirm that their specialty and service geography are currently being accepted before preparing a packet.
Funding and deadline control
DSHS lists RFQ 2435-860 under Ongoing Procurements. The currently accessible DSHS pages do not publish a single global closing date, deadline time, time zone, or overall contract ceiling. Compensation is service and program specific under the applicable DSHS contract and fee arrangements. Atlas therefore treats this as a genuine rolling procurement rather than inventing a fixed deadline or award value.
Application requirements
The applicable DSHS program page supplies the solicitation document and required exhibits. Depending on the program and applicant structure, the packet can include an application checklist, statement of agreement, contractor intake information, professional-qualification acknowledgements, applicant certifications and assurances, and the applicable sample contract. Applicants must satisfy the professional-license, specialty, experience and program requirements that apply to the services they propose to provide.
Atlas and Dr. Miltie fit
Atlas Opportunity Score: 86/100. N9+ Fit: 0/100. This is a legitimate Washington healthcare-services procurement, but the currently open CSD work is clinician-driven evidence review and evaluation rather than a connected examination technology procurement. DSHS also expressly states that new DDDS telehealth consultative-examination applications are not being accepted. QC Healthcare fit is conditional and not presently cleared because Atlas has not verified that QC or Dr. Miltie can supply the specific licensed clinicians, specialty credentials and experience required by the selected DSHS program. Dr. Miltie direct-response fit is therefore 0/100 on the current verified record.
Submission contacts
For CSD Aged, Blind or Disabled medical-evidence reviews and Mental Incapacity Evaluations, DSHS identifies Bryan Tso at Bryan.Tso@dshs.wa.gov. For CSD Disability Eligibility Review, DSHS identifies Rocio Loera at Rocio.Loera@dshs.wa.gov. Applicants should use the program-specific DSHS page and current packet before submission.