The South Dakota Department of Health has an active Request for Information, 26RFI19941 — Title X Family Planning Subrecipient Opportunities, seeking information from organizations interested in serving as subrecipients in South Dakota’s Title X family-planning program.
Response deadline: Friday, October 30, 2026 at 5:00 PM Mountain Standard Time, as stated in the RFI text reproduced by current state-procurement indexes.
Classification: this is an exploratory RFI and planning opportunity, not a current grant award or contract commitment. South Dakota DOH states that responses will help it understand statewide capacity, service availability, operational readiness, and potential partnerships and may inform future Title X funding opportunities and broader program planning.
Program scope: Title X-supported services include family-planning education and counseling, contraceptive services and supplies, pregnancy testing and counseling, STI testing and treatment, HIV screening and prevention, preconception and reproductive-life planning, basic infertility services, related preventive health services, community education and outreach, and referrals to other medical or social services.
Submission: responses should be provided in PDF format and may be submitted by mail or email. The RFI identifies Nikki Krier, South Dakota DOH SD PLAN Program Director, as the point of contact and directs electronic responses to Nikki.Krier@state.sd.us with the subject line Family Planning Subrecipient Interest- RFI Response.
Official program verification: South Dakota DOH’s current SD PLAN page confirms the state’s Title X program, services, clinic network, and Nikki Krier as program director. Current procurement indexes independently reproduce solicitation 26RFI19941, its active status, two source documents, scope, and October 30 response instructions. A public solicitation copy is available through CLEATUS.
Atlas Opportunity Score: 79/100. The RFI is strategically meaningful because it may shape future Title X subrecipient funding and service-network decisions, but it does not itself award funding.
N9+ Direct Vendor Fit: 67/100, conditional. Telehealth and connected assessment may support rural access or follow-up in an applicant-specific Title X care model, but the RFI does not establish N9+ equipment or platform allowability and N9+ is not a core Title X requirement.
QC Healthcare Fit: 72/100, conditional. Licensed telehealth clinical support could potentially strengthen access for a qualified Title X subrecipient, but only where legally permissible, consistent with Title X clinical and confidentiality requirements, and controlled by the eligible responding organization.
Path: no TRUE Path A has been established for Dr. Miltie. Atlas treats this as a potential Path B/C opportunity only if an eligible Title X clinical-service organization can lawfully incorporate Dr. Miltie or QC Healthcare into its response or later funded model. Atlas will not characterize future funding, technology allowability, or partner participation as established until the controlling RFI documents support those claims.