Opportunity Overview
The Gilbert Public Schools Employee Assistance Program (EAP), RFP 28-01-32 is an open Arizona public-school procurement for employee assistance program insurance and services supporting approximately 4,000 District employees. Publicly indexed solicitation materials describe confidential counseling, up to 10 counseling sessions per problem per covered person per year, telephone and video counseling options, work-life services, management consultation, critical incident response, referrals, marketing support, and quarterly utilization reporting.
Deadline and Procurement Schedule
The solicitation was released September 4, 2026. Questions are due September 14, 2026 at 2:00 PM Mountain Time – Phoenix, and proposals are due October 2, 2026 at 2:00 PM Mountain Time – Phoenix.
Submission and Vendor Controls
Gilbert Public Schools’ official Purchasing page identifies OpenGov as the District’s e-procurement system for vendor registration, solicitation publication, amendments, questions, and electronic responses. The complete live OpenGov package remains controlling. Atlas could not retrieve the full package through the current browser path, so minimum qualifications, pricing instructions, insurance requirements, evaluation criteria, contract term, required forms, and any future amendments are not inferred here. The current public procurement contact is Ann Ceschin, Buyer, at ann.ceschin@gilbertschools.net and 480-497-3381.
Funding and Match
This is a procurement rather than a grant, so grant match or cost share is not applicable. A fixed contract ceiling or estimated contract value was not verified in the accessible current materials.
Atlas Analysis
Atlas Opportunity Score: 82/100. This is a legitimate education and behavioral-health procurement with a clear Arizona public-school use case and sufficient time remaining for qualified vendors to evaluate the opportunity.
N9+ Fit: 0/100. Dr. Miltie/QC direct-vendor fit: 0/100 unless a separately qualified EAP or behavioral-health prime relationship is documented. The verified scope does not establish a remote physical examination, telehealth-device, RPM, CCM/TCM, or other defensible N9+ pathway, and Atlas will not force fit.
Next Action
Qualified EAP and behavioral-health service vendors should review the complete live OpenGov package, monitor amendments, and verify all minimum qualifications, pricing, insurance, evaluation, contract-term, and form requirements before submitting. Atlas is not initiating Dr. Miltie/QC outreach unless a genuine qualified role is independently established.
Official procurement authority: Gilbert Public Schools Purchasing. Official e-procurement portal: Gilbert Public Schools OpenGov portal.