Opportunity Overview
Washington State Health Care Authority (HCA) is re-procuring its As-Needed Behavioral Health and Recovery Training and/or Services Convenience Pool under RFQQ 2026HCA01. HCA states that the procurement is intended to add a new training/service category and widen the existing contractor pool for behavioral health workforce development.
Scope
The current Washington state OMWBE procurement repost describes seven categories: substance use disorder prevention and mental health promotion; behavioral health outpatient; residential treatment; inpatient psychiatric services; recovery support services; substance use disorder treatment and mental health support in correctional facilities; and problem gambling. Depending on category, work can include training, curriculum development, facilitation, technical assistance, media campaigns, project or program evaluation, data collection and analysis, and other behavioral health support services.
Deadline and source control
HCA’s current procurement page confirms RFQQ 2026HCA01 is active. The Washington Office of Minority and Women’s Business Enterprises repost states that bids are due October 1, 2026 at 3:00 PM Pacific Time and that apparent successful bidders are expected to be announced on or around October 23, 2026. OMWBE directs vendors to the agency’s official WEBS posting for controlling bid notices and amendments. Atlas therefore treats the October 1 deadline as strongly corroborated but will not publish this record as final until the controlling HCA/WEBS solicitation and amendments are directly reverified.
Atlas fit assessment
Atlas Opportunity Score: 90/100. This is a current Washington behavioral health procurement with multiple service categories and a continuing-contractor-pool structure.
N9+ Fit: 0/100. The published scope is training and professional/support services, not remote physical examination equipment or clinical device procurement.
QC Healthcare Fit: 30/100 conditional. A legitimate role may exist only where QC Healthcare can truthfully document the experience, staffing and category-specific qualifications required by the controlling RFQQ. No qualification is assumed.
Dr. Miltie direct-vendor fit: 30/100 conditional. The procurement allows entities and individuals to compete for selected categories, but Atlas has not yet verified that Dr. Miltie satisfies the controlling category-specific experience, licensing, registration, insurance, pricing, or other bidder requirements. Do not submit or represent direct eligibility until those requirements are verified.
Next action
Retrieve and review the controlling RFQQ, amendments, bidder forms, category-specific minimum qualifications, pricing instructions, evaluation criteria, insurance requirements, WEBS registration requirements and submission method. Confirm the exact deadline in the controlling HCA/WEBS notice before any bid preparation or vendor outreach. If direct-vendor eligibility is confirmed, route this as a vendor opportunity rather than applicant grant outreach.
Official HCA source: Washington State Health Care Authority.
Washington state procurement repost: Office of Minority and Women’s Business Enterprises.