1301-26-R-IFBD-00065

The Mississippi State Department of Health, Office of Procurement, is requesting bids for Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) and Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) telephone data collection services, with bids due June 24, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. CST. Bidders must have a minimum of seven years of recent BRFSS data collection experience and must have successfully collected BRFSS data for at least ten states or sites — a substantive qualification filter.

The scope encompasses telephone-based data collection for two surveillance programs targeting non-institutionalized adults aged 18 and older (BRFSS) and new mothers (PRAMS), with target sample sizes of approximately 4,200 completed BRFSS interviews annually and 1,500 to 2,500 PRAMS interviews annually. The contractor must conduct interviewer training, perform quality control and data editing, manage all programming and data systems using approved protocols (CATI for BRFSS and PIDS for PRAMS), and submit datasets to the CDC within specified timeframes. HIPAA compliance through a Business Associate Agreement is required. The contractor must be registered to do business in Mississippi and maintain professional liability and general liability insurance commensurate with professional responsibilities.

Compensation is structured on per-completion unit rates: $15,000 for each BRFSS survey completion and $7,500 for each PRAMS survey completion. The contract term runs from execution through June 30, 2029, with potential renewal options for one-year periods up to a cumulative five-year term. Questions are due by June 4, 2026, with written answers posted by June 8, 2026. An anticipated Notice of Intent to Award is scheduled for June 25, 2026. The contract is subject to approval by the Public Procurement Review Board and the Office of Personal Service Contract Review, and funding is contingent upon appropriation by the Mississippi State Legislature.