Opportunity Overview
Anne Arundel County Public Schools (AACPS) is soliciting proposals under RFP 27SC-048 / eMMA BPM058660 to establish a pool of approved providers for Independent Educational Evaluation (IEE) Services for students with disabilities. The current solicitation metadata describes psychoeducational, neuropsychological, speech-language, occupational therapy, physical therapy, functional behavioral, assistive technology, autism spectrum disorder, adaptive behavior, developmental, and specialized disability-specific evaluations.
Deadline and Procurement Details
The opportunity is currently open and proposals are due September 23, 2026 at 1:00 PM Eastern. A remote pre-proposal conference is scheduled for September 11, 2026 at 1:00 PM. The procurement is an RFP: Double Envelope Proposal. Procurement officer/buyer: Priscilla Jones, pjones@aacps.org. AACPS directs vendors to its Purchasing/Current Bid Solicitations resources for the controlling solicitation package and changes.
Who Can Respond
Current solicitation information requires qualified providers with applicable current Maryland professional licensure, experience evaluating school-aged students, and at least five years of IEE services experience. Evaluations must use valid assessment instruments and meet professional standards, with final reports submitted within 30 days of completion. Reported requirements also include Maryland SDAT good standing, personnel screening for positions involving direct contact with minors, and required insurance. The contract is reported to run through December 31, 2029, with four one-year extension options at AACPS’s discretion. No authoritative contract value is stated in the accessible controlling metadata, so Atlas does not assign a dollar amount.
Atlas Analysis
Atlas Opportunity Score: 90/100. This is a long-duration, multidisciplinary school clinical-services procurement with a broad provider pool and clear Maryland licensure/experience requirements.
N9+ Fit Score: 10/100. This procurement is for independent educational and clinical evaluations, not remote physical-exam technology. Atlas should not force N9+ into the scope.
Direct-vendor status: NOT TRUE / No Bid for Dr. Miltie or QC Healthcare unless qualifications are affirmatively documented. A direct response would require legitimate evidence of the required five years of IEE experience and the appropriate Maryland-licensed evaluators across any proposed disciplines. No such qualification evidence has been established in the current Atlas record.
High-Priority Maryland Provider Candidate
Kennedy Krieger Institute — preliminary Atlas Opportunity Score 97/100, subject to solicitation-specific independence/conflict and contracting verification. Kennedy Krieger expressly offers Independent Educational Evaluations and operates multidisciplinary pediatric neuropsychology, autism, speech-language, occupational-therapy and related assessment services with Maryland-licensed professionals. Its breadth maps closely to AACPS’s requested evaluation categories, but Atlas must still verify the five-year organizational IEE requirement, any AACPS conflict/independence restrictions, insurance, SDAT status and proposal-specific documentation before outreach.
Required Next Steps
Monitor AACPS Current Bid Solicitations/eMMA for amendments; verify the complete controlling RFP and any addenda; qualify additional Maryland IEE providers; and complete CRM Email Opt-Out and same-opportunity deduplication before any external outreach. New outreach must stop at September 21, 2026 at 1:00 PM ET under Atlas’s 48-hour cutoff.
Official procurement source: AACPS Purchasing — Vendors & Contractors / Current Bid Solicitations.