The Franklin Regional Council of Governments (FRCOG) is seeking a qualified consultant for an EMS Operational Assessment and Leadership Conversations under RFP 2026-2196, Massachusetts COMMBUYS solicitation BD-27-1188-PURCH-PURCH-133389.
Deadline and scope
The solicitation is open and responses are due October 14, 2026 at 2:00 PM. The official FRCOG and COMMBUYS pages do not separately label a time zone, so Atlas does not infer one. FRCOG is seeking a qualified consultant to conduct an EMS operational assessment and leadership conversations across the 26 towns of Franklin County, Massachusetts.
Procurement and submission controls
COMMBUYS identifies this as a non-statewide Open Market procurement and states that electronic COMMBUYS quotes are not allowed. Laura Phelps is the purchaser and information contact at lphelps@frcog.org. FRCOG now lists RFP 2026-2196 in its official open-bid calendar and states that bidders must request the bid through the FRCOG page using a valid email address to receive the RFP in PDF format and any subsequent addenda or notifications. The official FRCOG page lists the bid event for October 14, 2026 at 2:00 PM.
The FRCOG page currently exposes the bid-request form and plan-holder list, but not the complete RFP text publicly on-page. Until the delivered PDF is obtained, Atlas does not invent a contract value, detailed consultant qualifications, references, pricing forms, insurance requirements, submission packaging, evaluation criteria, eligible or ineligible costs, or amendment terms. Those items must be confirmed from the complete FRCOG RFP before any response is advanced.
COMMBUYS also indicates that an unfinished Quote already exists for this bid. Atlas will not initiate a duplicate response.
Atlas assessment
Atlas Opportunity Score: 68/100. N9+ Fit: 0/100. QC Healthcare Fit: 0/100. Dr. Miltie direct-vendor fit: 0/100 at present. This is an EMS operations consulting engagement, not an equipment grant or clinical technology procurement. Atlas has not established the required EMS operational-assessment consulting qualifications for Dr. Miltie, LLC, so the current recommendation is Research Summary Only / No Bid unless the complete RFP reveals a legitimately satisfied qualification path.
Official FRCOG source: RFP 2026-2196 – Franklin County EMS Operational Assessment and Leadership Conversations. Official COMMBUYS source: BD-27-1188-PURCH-PURCH-133389.