Description
The State of Minnesota’s cooperative procurement agency Sourcewell is seeking proposals to develop a reusable contracting solution that participating public‑sector entities can use to acquire rural health‑care and related services. The effort focuses on creating a framework, contract vehicle, or set of terms that can be adopted across a diverse set of governmental, educational, nonprofit, and tribal buyers in the U.S. and Canada. This is not a direct service delivery contract but a consulting‑type engagement to design the procurement mechanism itself.
• Design a contract‑vehicle framework for “bridging distance to rural care & services.”
• Ensure the solution is adaptable for a wide variety of public‑sector buyers (state, local, tribal, K‑12, higher‑ed, nonprofit).
• Deliver documentation, templates, and implementation guidance that can be used by Sourcewell’s participating entities.
• No specific technical service requirements are listed; the emphasis is on procurement strategy and contract design.
• Full RFP documents are hosted on the Sourcewell Procurement Portal; proposals are due by early October 2026.