Health Commons Services

The Incorporated County of Los Alamos is soliciting proposals for comprehensive Health Commons services—family planning, STI screening and treatment, primary care, and behavioral health services—with proposals due November 2, 2026, at 2 p.m. Mountain Time and a pre-proposal conference scheduled for October 7, 2026.

Preference options under Los Alamos County Code Section 31-261(b) and NMSA 1978 Section 13-1-21 include Local Business preference (requiring New Mexico incorporation and principal office in Los Alamos County), Resident Business preference, Native American Resident Business preference (annual gross revenues up to $6 million), Native American Resident Veteran Business preference (annual gross revenues up to $6 million), and Resident Veteran Business preference (annual gross revenues up to $6 million). Offerors must submit a preference request form with applicable documentation.

The scope requires family planning services (confidential, no-cost for teens; sliding-scale fees for reproductive-age individuals including Los Alamos Public Schools students, UNM LA students, and community members); STI screening, testing, treatment, and partner services; primary care services including immunizations, vaccinations, annual physicals, and acute and chronic condition management; and behavioral health services encompassing mental health and substance use treatment. All programs must incorporate participant feedback into design and implementation. The contractor must maintain New Mexico licensure for medical and pharmacy services, hold liability and malpractice insurance (two million dollars per occurrence), and enroll in the Unite Us electronic referral platform. The successful contractor will operate a minimum of three days per week at County-leased clinic space at 1183 Diamond Drive, Suite D, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87544.

The anticipated contract term is up to seven years. Cost-plus-a-percentage-of-cost contracts are prohibited. Pricing must accommodate sliding-fee scales for low-income and uninsured patients with Title X compliance for teen family planning services. No grant funding is anticipated.

Evaluation criteria include knowledge of local community health needs (15 points), organizational and fiscal capacity (10 points), existing Title X family planning services (15 points), programs and services at other locations (15 points), behavioral health integration experience (15 points), ability to accept multiple payment forms (10 points), and cost proposal (20 points). Questions are due October 14, 2026, at 2 p.m. Mountain Time, with County responses by October 21, 2026. The estimated contract award date is January 27, 2027.