Opportunity Overview
Open now. The Illinois Department of Human Services, Bureau of Pharmacy and Clinical Support Services, is soliciting clinical laboratory services for 14 State-operated Mental Health and Developmental Disability facilities under IFB 27-444DHS-PROCU-B-54074. Illinois BidBuy lists the solicitation as available September 11, 2026 and sets the bid opening for September 30, 2026 at 2:00 PM. The public BidBuy record reviewed by Atlas does not separately state the time zone, so Atlas does not infer one.
Value and Term
DHS estimates spending at approximately $700,000 annually. BidBuy shows a five-year initial term and a four-year renewal term. On that baseline, the initial term represents approximately $3.5 million in estimated spending and the full nine-year structure would represent approximately $6.3 million before any bidder markup or discount, assuming all renewal years are exercised. Actual award value will depend on utilization and bid pricing.
Pricing and Submission Controls
Pricing is tied to the CMS Medicare Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule. Bidders must submit a markup or discount percentage using the State-provided Medicare Lab Fee Reimbursement 2026 – Vendor Pricing workbook. The BidBuy record also lists pricing for tests not on the Medicare reimbursement list, including Morphology Scan, Vigabatrin Quantitative, and Brivaracetam Quantitative.
BidBuy permits an electronic quote and lists required quote uploads including a signed contract, signed offer, the appropriate IPG Active Disclosure or Vendor Disclosure, the BEP Utilization Plan, and the completed Vendor Pricing attachment. Failure to upload the required disclosure or BEP Utilization Plan is identified as disqualifying. The procurement is not a small-business set-aside and carries a 7% BEP participation goal.
Atlas Analysis
Atlas Opportunity Score: 82/100. This is a significant statewide healthcare-services procurement with a long potential term and clearly defined pricing mechanics. It is a direct-vendor opportunity only for a legal bidder that can actually furnish compliant clinical laboratory services across the 14 covered State facilities and satisfy every controlling IFB requirement.
N9+ Fit Score: 0/100. The procurement is for clinical laboratory services, not remote physical-examination technology, so Atlas will not force Nonagon N9+ into the scope.
Continuity Note
This solicitation is a new September 11 rebid following earlier BidBuy solicitation 27-444DHS-PROCU-B-53746, which opened September 9, 2026. The current BidBuy session also displays an unfinished Quote for B-54074. Atlas therefore treats the existing quote as the continuity path and will not create another BidBuy quote.
Next Action
Review the controlling IFB and vendor-instruction documents, verify the legal bidding entity’s laboratory qualifications, CLIA and other applicable licensing/certification, statewide service capacity, specimen logistics, turnaround requirements, insurance, disclosures, BEP plan, references, pricing workbook, invoicing, all amendments/FAQs, and the authenticated BidBuy quote before any submit decision.
Official source: Illinois BidBuy — 27-444DHS-PROCU-B-54074.