NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD AND EVALUATION REPORT.pdf

The document is a Notice of Intent to Award and Evaluation Committee Report from the Mississippi Board of Pharmacy for RFP FRX 3120003200 regarding Pharmacy Professionals Recovery Program Services. The solicitation opened on September 12, 2025 at 2:00 pm CT, with four vendors submitting responses: Mississippi Association of Recovering Pharmacists, Professionals Healthcare Network, Pathways Counseling, PLLC, and Uprise Health. The Mississippi Board of Pharmacy intends to award the contract to Professionals Healthcare Network, who received the highest overall score of 87 points during the evaluation.

The evaluation scoring was comprehensive, covering cost (34 points), technical merit (22 points), management (21 points), and quality improvement and governance (10 points). Professionals Healthcare Network ranked first with the highest overall score, while other vendors received lower rankings: Mississippi Association of Recovering Pharmacists scored 62.6 points and ranked second, Uprise Health scored 50.4 points and ranked third, and Pathways Counseling ranked fourth with 46 points. The evaluation committee consisted of both state and non-state employees, including board members, an executive director, a director of compliance, and general counsel, who conducted a thorough review of the submitted proposals.