NHED Medical Consultant Staffing Service

The New Hampshire Department of Education's Disability Determination Service (DDS) is seeking a Medical Consultant Staffing Services contract through RFP-DDS-2025-1, targeting licensed medical and psychological professionals to support disability determination processes. The procurement is a 100% federally funded opportunity soliciting proposals from staffing agencies to provide eleven Medical Consultants and two Chief Medical Consultants. Qualified vendors must ensure staff possess valid New Hampshire Medical or Psychological licenses and complete HSPD-12 background check requirements. The evaluation process will allocate 90 technical points (30 points each for vendor experience and capacity, 10 points each for references, staffing manager identification, and staff resumes) and 10 points for pricing. Proposal submissions are due March 5, 2025, by 3:30 PM, with vendor inquiries accepted until February 25, 2025. The contract term will span two years following Governor and Executive Council approval, with an option for future extension.

The contract will be non-exclusive, allowing DDS to retain multiple contractors for similar services. Staff commitments will require minimum 26-week periods, and the contract structure will be firm fixed price with a not-to-exceed mechanism. During fiscal year 2024, DDS completed over 13,700 adjudications with 12 medical professionals, averaging 0.75 hours per adjudication. No specific set-aside designations or restrictions for disadvantaged enterprises were mentioned in the documentation. Pricing proposals must be submitted separately from technical proposals, indicating a competitive bidding environment. While the exact contract value was not specified, the volume of adjudications and staffing requirements suggest a substantial procurement opportunity for qualified medical staffing agencies specializing in disability determination services.