Opportunity Overview
Ellisville State School at South Mississippi Regional Center is soliciting sealed bids from qualified vendors to provide in-person psychiatry services to persons served by the Agency. The official Mississippi procurement record identifies Smart Number 3373-27-R-IFBD-00002 and RFx 3160008228. The solicitation was advertised September 9, 2026 and is currently open.
Contract Value
The controlling Mississippi procurement record does not publish a maximum contract value or total procurement ceiling.
Deadline
October 13, 2026 at 4:30 PM CST. The controlling official Ellisville State School IFB expressly states the closing date, time, and time zone.
Scope and Qualifications
The official procurement description states that qualified vendors must provide psychiatry services to persons served by Ellisville State School at South Mississippi Regional Center. The controlling official IFB requires in-person psychiatric assessment, diagnosis, treatment and management for individuals served at community homes in Poplarville, Wiggins, Gautier and Biloxi, Mississippi. It also requires 24/7 availability, limits routine listed duties to no more than 16 service hours per month, requires professional psychiatry licensure, a Mississippi-valid business license, background checks, at least five years of similar experience, reference scoring, and specified insurance coverage. Vendors must rely on the official IFB and any amendments for controlling requirements.
Procurement Timeline
The controlling official IFB identifies written questions as due September 22, 2026 at 5:00 PM CST, anticipates a question-and-answer addendum on September 24, 2026 at 5:00 PM CST, sets bid opening for October 14, 2026 at 10:00 AM CST, and anticipates a January 1, 2027 contract start. Atlas will monitor the official record for controlling amendments and updates.
Atlas Analysis
N9+ Fit Score: 0/100. This is an in-person licensed psychiatry-services contract. It does not fund telehealth equipment, remote physical examination, remote patient monitoring, diagnostics, or a technology platform, so Atlas will not force the Nonagon N9+ into the requirement.
QC Healthcare / Dr. Miltie direct-vendor status: No Bid on current verified facts. Atlas has no verified evidence that Dr. Miltie or QC Healthcare can furnish the specifically licensed psychiatrist, five years of comparable psychiatry-services experience, references, insurance, and local clinical coverage described in publicly indexed copies of the IFB. No direct submission is being advanced.
Atlas Action
Retain as verified Mississippi behavioral-health and IDD procurement intelligence. Monitor the official state procurement record for amendments, Q&A, award information, or a future telepsychiatry or connected-care requirement with a legitimate Dr. Miltie capability fit. No applicant outreach is appropriate for this direct clinical-services procurement.
Official source: Mississippi Department of Finance and Administration procurement portal. Atlas verified September 16, 2026.