Opportunity Overview
Ellisville State School at South Mississippi Regional Center is soliciting sealed bids from qualified staffing agencies to provide Professional Nursing Services for persons served at community homes in Poplarville, Wiggins, Gautier, and Biloxi, Mississippi. The controlling identifiers are Smart Number 3373-27-R-IFBD-00004, RFx 3160008232, and IFB 2026-9.3. The solicitation was issued September 16, 2026 and is open.
Contract Value
The controlling IFB does not publish a maximum contract ceiling. Award is intended for one responsive and responsible bidder, with evaluation based first on adequate CNA, LPN, and RN staffing capacity and then the lowest combined average hourly rates.
Deadline
October 19, 2026 at 4:30 PM CST. Bid opening is scheduled for October 20, 2026 at 10:00 AM CST. The anticipated contract term is January 1, 2027 through June 30, 2027, with up to four successive one-year renewals by written agreement.
Minimum Bidder Qualifications
The bidder must have at least five years of experience providing services similar in requirements and scale; have placed at least 40 nursing employees within the prior two years; maintain an office in the SMRC area; possess Health Care Staffing Services (HCSS) Certification; and be registered and in good standing to do business in Mississippi. The IFB requires at least three trade references, with Agency staff required to reach two references within two business days after bid opening and each of those references meeting the minimum reference-score threshold.
Submission Requirements
The bid package must use the official forms and include the Bid Cover Sheet (Attachment A), signed Bid Form with all pricing (Attachment B), References (Attachment C), completed and signed Certifications & Assurances (Attachment E), completed and signed Release of Bid as Public Record (Attachment F), and the IFB Request for Reconsideration form (Attachment I). Bids may be submitted by properly marked sealed package or electronically by email to the procurement officer using the IFB-prescribed subject line and body language. Fax submissions are not accepted. Electronic bidders must receive an acknowledgement showing the date and time of receipt of the complete IFB packet.
Insurance and Operating Requirements
The successful vendor must maintain Mississippi-required workers compensation; comprehensive general or professional liability of at least $1,000,000 per occurrence; and employee dishonesty or fidelity bond insurance with third-party liability coverage of at least $500,000. Ellisville State School must be listed as an additional insured. Nursing personnel are subject to licensure/certification, abuse-registry and criminal-background checks, drug testing, CPR and other onboarding requirements stated in the IFB.
Atlas Analysis
N9+ Fit Score: 0/100. This is a licensed nursing-staffing procurement, not funding for telehealth equipment, remote examination, diagnostics, or a technology platform.
QC Healthcare / Dr. Miltie direct-vendor status: No Bid on currently verified facts. The controlling IFB requires a staffing agency with five years of comparable operations, placement of at least 40 nursing employees in the prior two years, a local SMRC-area office, HCSS certification, qualifying trade references, and the specified insurance structure. Atlas found no qualifying HCSS or nursing-staffing evidence in the available Dr. Miltie WorkDrive records and will not fabricate those bidder-controlled qualifications.
Atlas Action
Retain as verified Mississippi healthcare procurement intelligence and monitor the official state and Ellisville State School records for amendments, Q&A, status changes, and award activity. No applicant outreach is appropriate for this direct staffing procurement, and no Dr. Miltie submission will be advanced unless the mandatory bidder qualifications can be truthfully documented.
Official sources: Mississippi DFA procurement record and controlling Ellisville State School IFB. Atlas verified September 17, 2026.