Opportunity Overview
The University of Mississippi is soliciting bids for Campus-wide Multi-Function Printing Devices, Bid File 1294, associated with Mississippi RFx 3170036550. The university anticipates standardizing approximately 380 multi-function devices under a single-vendor campus solution covering purchase or lease, maintenance, consumables other than paper, installation, configuration, testing, orientation, security, fleet management, and related support.
Status and Deadline
The controlling University of Mississippi bid packet requires bids by September 17, 2026 at 1:00 PM CT. The Mississippi statewide procurement record lists the RFx as open. Where the statewide portal display differs from the university packet, Atlas treats the university solicitation as controlling for the exact bid cutoff.
Funding / Contract Value
No official contract ceiling or total procurement value is stated in the controlling public solicitation documents.
Vendor and Product Requirements
The solicitation calls for new, current-production A4/A3 multi-function devices and a campus fleet solution. Requirements include vendor delivery, installation, configuration, testing and orientation; maintenance covering labor, OEM parts, travel and toner; department-level invoicing; secure storage erasure and certification; OEM-certified technicians; on-site response within one business day; a service technician within 60 miles; TLS/HTTPS and administrative security controls; audit logging; signed firmware; encrypted print and scan functions; overwrite capability; NIST SP 800-88 sanitization; and timely security patches. The packet includes 36-, 48- and 60-month lease pricing, purchase pricing, black-and-white and color cost-per-image pricing, and maintenance pricing.
Registration and Submission
A bidder does not have to be registered with the University of Mississippi to submit a bid, but an awarded vendor must complete university vendor registration. Physical sealed bids are directed to Bid File 1294, Office of Procurement Services, 164 Jeanette Phillips Drive, University, MS 38677. Electronic submission through the university Current Bids portal is also permitted and preferred. Paper or electronic submissions require the signed bid documents, accurate company/contact information, full product/service pricing, and shipping information where applicable.
Questions, Addenda and Contact
Questions were due September 4, 2026 at 10:00 AM CT to Katherine Jones, Director of Procurement Services and Contract Management, at bids@olemiss.edu, referencing Bid File 1294. The university issued Addendum #1 on September 10, 2026. It replaces the electronic submission link with the current University of Mississippi Current Bids portal, requires the proposal to acknowledge Addendum #1, and directs vendors to email BIDS@OLEMISS.EDU acknowledging the addendum. Vendors remain responsible for checking the university site for additional addenda.
Atlas Analysis
N9+ Fit Score: 0/100. The Nonagon N9+ remote physical examination platform does not satisfy a campus managed-printing-device procurement.
QC Healthcare / Dr. Miltie direct-vendor fit: 0/100. Atlas has no verified basis to represent Dr. Miltie or QC Healthcare as a qualified campus multi-function-device vendor with the required fleet, OEM, service, security and support capabilities.
Atlas Opportunity Score: 5/100 for direct pursuit.
Atlas Action
Published as verified Mississippi higher-education procurement intelligence. No CRM Deal, WorkDrive pursuit folder, task, applicant record or outreach is created because no legitimate Dr. Miltie/QC direct-pursuit path is established.
Official source: University of Mississippi Procurement Services Current Bids page and Bid File 1294 solicitation documents. Atlas verified September 12, 2026.