Opportunity Overview
The Maine Department of Education, Office of Special Services and Inclusive Education, maintains an active Willing & Qualified contracting pathway for independent mediators, hearing officers, complaint investigators, and IEP facilitators supporting disputes and procedures under IDEA and the Maine Unified Special Education Regulations. The current State procurement record runs through November 25, 2026. No closing time or time zone is published.
Current Funding and Rates
The latest amendment, CT NOI 0620260378, adds $100,000 for complaint-investigator services. A predecessor amendment under the same underlying contract, CT NOI 0420260241, added $50,000 for IEP facilitators, $50,000 for hearing officers, and $30,000 for mediators. Atlas treats these State postings as one canonical underlying pathway rather than duplicate opportunities.
Published service rates are $135 per hour for mediators, $200 per hour for hearing officers, $165 per hour for complaint investigators, and $135 per hour for IEP facilitators for up to three hours per IEP meeting. Administrative work is paid at $55 per hour.
Service Scope
The pathway supports mediation, due process hearings, State complaint investigations, and facilitated IEP meetings for students who are or may be eligible under IDEA. Maine DOE establishes a roster of willing and qualified independent providers to perform these services statewide.
Minimum Qualifications
Hearing officers must have a master’s degree in education or special education, or be licensed to practice law; demonstrate knowledge of IDEA and related law; be able to conduct hearings and write legally sound decisions; and provide supporting documentation such as a resume, references, transcripts, and a writing sample. Complaint investigators must have a master’s degree in education or special education or be licensed to practice law in Maine, have at least three years of related experience, understand IDEA and MUSER, and demonstrate investigative and report-writing ability. IEP facilitators must hold at least a B.A. or B.S., have knowledge or experience with special education, maintain confidentiality, avoid conflicts of interest, complete the required 16.5-hour facilitator training, and be available during school hours for statewide in-person or virtual assignments.
Atlas Relevance
This is a legitimate Maine K-12 special-education and special-populations contracting pathway. It does not fund clinical technology, telehealth infrastructure, remote diagnostics, or N9+ equipment. The current record does not establish that Dr. Miltie, LLC or Marc personally satisfies the professional qualifications required for any provider role, so Atlas does not classify a direct-vendor path as viable without separate verified credentials.
Next Action
Maintain this as contracting intelligence rather than an applicant-outreach queue. Do not create organization-level grant outreach from this record. If a specific prospective provider is independently identified, verify the exact role-specific qualifications, current Maine DOE willingness to add providers, conflict-of-interest status, documentation requirements, and all CRM and Atlas_Email_Queue controls before any outreach or record creation.
Official source: Maine Division of Procurement Services, CT NOI 0620260378, Due process mediations, hearing presiders, back-up complaint investigators, and IEP Facilitators.