NOTICE OF INTENT TO ADWARD LAB DIRECTOR RXF 3150006781.docx

This is a Notice of Intent to Award document issued by Mississippi State Hospital, a state healthcare facility, regarding a Laboratory Director/Chief Medical Technologist personnel recruitment position (RFx 3150006781). The procurement sought a full-time laboratory director to provide directorship services on a one-year contract basis, with the selected candidate required to work up to 40 hours per week, Monday through Friday, between 7:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. The solicitation opened on March 18, 2026, with a submission deadline of noon on Wednesday, April 1, 2026. Two vendors responded to the solicitation: Jennifer Diez from Brandon, Mississippi, and Ricardo Chavez representing GLH Staffing from Tampa, Florida. The evaluation of responses was conducted according to criteria stated in the original solicitation. The contract is scheduled to commence on or around July 1, 2026, and conclude on June 30, 2027. The Notice of Intent to Award, dated April 9, 2026, announces the intent to award the contract to Jennifer Diez pending approval by the Public Procurement Review Board.

The position is offered at a fixed rate of $40.00 per hour, with an estimated total contract value of approximately $83,200 based on 40 hours per week over 52 weeks. Key qualifications required include a minimum Bachelor's Degree from an accredited four-year institution in Medical Laboratory Technology, Medical Laboratory Sciences, Bacteriology, Biochemistry, or a closely related field; current certification as a medical technologist or clinical laboratory scientist from a recognized certification agency; and a minimum of five years of work-related experience in the field. No specific set-aside designations, disadvantaged enterprise restrictions, or incumbent vendor information are identified in the procurement documents. Applicants were required to submit original documentation of their education, three signed letters of recommendation, and a resume to the Personnel Department at Mississippi State Hospital, 3550 Highway 468 West, Whitfield, Mississippi 39193.