Opportunity Overview
Open now. The New York State Office of Mental Health is accepting proposals for MH253023, Crisis Intervention Teams (CIT) and Adjacent Systems Transformation Programs. OMH will make one statewide award to a qualified 501(c) nonprofit to administer CIT development, training, technical assistance and related crisis-system transformation work across New York.
Funding and Deadline
OMH has made $2,242,080 available, with one award budgeted at $747,360 annually for three years, contingent on continued federal funding. Proposals are due October 14, 2026 at 2:00 PM ET. The formal RFP question period closed September 2, 2026, and OMH states that no questions can be submitted or answered after that date. OMH has published the official Questions and Answers, including clarifications on the contract period, MAP expansion and budgeting.
OMH’s published Questions and Answers (A2) resolve the original timing inconsistency: the corrected contract term begins July 1, 2027 and ends June 30, 2030. Applicants should use this official clarification and any subsequent addenda when preparing implementation calendars.
Who Can Apply
Eligible applicants are 501(c) not-for-profit agencies. Applicants must be registered in the New York Statewide Financial System and successfully prequalified before proposal submission. This is a statewide prime-contractor opportunity rather than a local subgrant competition.
Important eligibility correction: OMH has posted a notice that the NYS Contract Reporter advertisement incorrectly indicated that only Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Businesses were eligible to apply. OMH states that this was an error, that the advertisement has been corrected, and that the eligibility requirements in Section 2.4 of the RFP remain controlling. Qualified 501(c) nonprofit applicants should not self-disqualify based on the erroneous Contract Reporter flag.
Mobile Access Program Telehealth Requirement
This procurement is unusually relevant to Atlas because the required systems-transformation scope expressly includes the Mobile Access Program (MAP), a police-based telehealth model that equips law-enforcement officers with iPads to connect people in behavioral-health crisis with local mental-health clinicians for support, evaluation and referral. OMH states that MAP is currently active in 12 jurisdictions and that the awardee will maintain MAP equipment, data service and the virtual healthcare platform license for current and newly added jurisdictions, train new sites and collect utilization data.
Important Scope Discrepancy
The RFP contains a material internal inconsistency. The narrative states that the awardee will develop MAP in up to five additional jurisdictions over the full three-year contract, taking the program from 12 to as many as 17 jurisdictions. The immediately following deliverables table instead lists five MAP sites per year and 15 over the three-year contract. Because the formal question period has closed, Atlas treats this quantity as unresolved unless OMH publishes a clarifying Q&A or addendum. Do not size a technology deployment on 15 new sites without that clarification.
Broader Program Scope
The selected organization will also coordinate CIT systems mapping, law-enforcement training, train-the-trainer activities, 911 diversion training, CIT for Youth, Mental Health First Aid Public Safety, training for non-police first responders, statewide technical assistance, quality improvement and reporting. OMH expects the contractor to maintain the operational and IT/data infrastructure needed to monitor utilization and program outcomes.
Atlas Analysis
Atlas Opportunity Score: 94/100. This is a high-value statewide behavioral-health and crisis-response opportunity with an explicit telehealth technology component embedded in the required scope.
N9+ Direct Vendor Fit: 87/100. Dr. Miltie is not the eligible nonprofit prime. The strongest defensible commercial route is a named technology subcontractor or vendor relationship under an eligible SFS-prequalified nonprofit prime, focused on compatible endpoint/platform licensing, implementation, training, support, connectivity and integration. Atlas should not claim that OMH requires replacement of the existing iPad workflow or that N9+ clinical peripherals are mandatory. Any proposed N9+ enhancement should be tied to the prime’s approved MAP approach and the controlling OMH procurement documents.
Immediate Next Step
Qualified nonprofit primes should confirm SFS prequalification, disregard the corrected Contract Reporter SDVOB-only error and rely on Section 2.4 of the RFP for eligibility, monitor the OMH procurement page for the September 23 Q&A and any addenda, resolve the MAP quantity and contract-start ambiguities through those official documents if addressed, complete the required proposal and operating budget, and identify technology partners early enough to define responsibilities, pricing, implementation and support before the October 14, 2026 at 2:00 PM ET submission deadline.
Official source: New York State Office of Mental Health, MH253023 procurement page.