B-5 Star Redesign

The Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS) has issued an Intent to Sole Source solicitation (event number DPHHS-SolSour-2024-0486) for professional services related to the Bright Futures B-5 grant strategies. Specifically, the state intends to hire the BUILD Initiative to provide consultation to the STARS to Quality team for development and implementation of a redesign. The procurement falls under commodity codes for editing & writing services, business management services, and facilitator services. Vendors are required to download and review Sole Source requirements, upload a detailed description of their product/service, and complete a Vendor Contact Information form. The solicitation was released on 8/23/2023 and will close on 9/9/2023 at 2:00 PM MDT, with April Pfeiffer serving as the single point of contact (reachable at April.Pfeiffer@mt.gov or 406-444-5329). Potential vendors must review and accept the Single Point of Contact information, Q & A Board information, and Intent to Sole Source notice as prerequisites to entering a bid.

The solicitation appears to be a direct sole source procurement, which typically limits competition to a single pre-selected vendor (in this case, the BUILD Initiative). No specific set-aside designations or restrictions for disadvantaged enterprises are explicitly mentioned in the available documentation. The procurement is focused on consulting services for a B-5 Star Redesign project, suggesting a targeted engagement with a specific organization that has unique capabilities or prior relationship with the Montana DPHHS. While no specific budget range is provided in the documentation, the solicitation is for professional consulting services focused on grant strategy development and implementation. The scope implies a comprehensive consultative approach to redesigning the STARS to Quality team's operational strategies, indicating a potentially significant but not extensively detailed financial commitment. No information about incumbent vendors or existing technological infrastructure requiring integration is present in the current solicitation documents.