Opportunity Overview
Colorado Department of Human Services (CDHS), Office of Civil and Forensic Mental Health (OCFMH), is seeking qualified providers for court-related forensic evaluation services under FY 27 RFA for Forensic Evaluations, RFP-IHJA-2022000320-10. The current indexed solicitation describes competency, sanity/mental-condition and related forensic evaluations, together with testimony/court services, across settings that may include inpatient, bond, in-custody, and hold-and-wait environments.
Solicitation and Deadline
Solicitation: RFP-IHJA-2022000320-10. Open date: May 12, 2026. Current closing date: June 30, 2027. The accessible current public listing does not expose a verified closing clock time or time zone, so Atlas is not inferring either. ColoradoVSS is controlling for the live deadline, amendments, forms, and response instructions.
Scope and Cost Structure
The current listing describes forensic evaluations and related testimony/court services. Compensation is structured around service-specific/per-evaluation rates and applicable solicitation terms rather than a grant award. Approved travel may be separately reimbursable when authorized and documented, subject to the live RFA. No total contract ceiling or funding pool is stated in the accessible current public listing. Because this is a service procurement, grant match/cost-share terminology is not applicable.
Vendor Qualifications
Respondents must be capable of performing court-ordered forensic evaluations and satisfying the professional licensure, evaluator qualification, independence, reporting, scheduling, testimony, contracting, and other requirements in the live solicitation. Atlas is not representing that any identified provider is qualified until the current ColoradoVSS package and provider credentials are checked together.
Submission, Forms, Amendments, and Contact
The current public listing identifies Jamie Gott as the buyer. The accessible listing does not expose enough authoritative detail to safely publish a current submission email, complete forms checklist, or amendment history. Respondents should therefore retrieve the live ColoradoVSS record and follow the bid-specific instructions there. CDHS states that current solicitations are posted through ColoradoVSS and that solicitation-specific instructions control.
Atlas Analysis
Atlas Opportunity Score: 82/100. N9+ Fit Score: 0/100. QC Healthcare/Dr. Miltie direct-vendor fit: 0/100 absent independently verified Colorado forensic psychologist/psychiatrist licensure and solicitation-specific evaluator qualifications. This is a behavioral and correctional-health services procurement, but it is not a telehealth, remote physical-examination, RPM, medical-device, or clinical-equipment acquisition, so Atlas is not forcing an N9+ pathway.
Provisional Colorado Vendor Prospects
CU Anschutz Forensic Psychiatry Services and Training Program — provisional vendor Opportunity Score 96/100. Its official program describes forensic psychiatry/psychology expertise, forensic expert assessments and consultation, correctional/forensic psychiatric care, and partnership activity with Colorado OCFMH. University of Denver Denver FIRST — provisional vendor Opportunity Score 92/100. Its official program describes forensic assessment and evaluation, including competency-to-stand-trial work under licensed forensic psychologists. These are screening prospects only; Atlas is not representing that either satisfies every live RFA term or intends to respond.
Next Action
Qualified Colorado forensic psychology/psychiatry providers should review the live ColoradoVSS package for current licensure and evaluator requirements, rate sheet, forms, submission method, amendments/addenda, and the exact deadline clock time/time zone before responding.
Official procurement sources: ColoradoVSS / AdvantageVSS and the CDHS procurement page. Solicitation identifier: RFP-IHJA-2022000320-10.