Statewide Health Information Exchange/Health Data Utility (HIE/HDU)

The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) seeks a qualified contractor to design, build, operate, and maintain a statewide Health Information Exchange (HIE) and future Health Data Utility (HDU). The effort will create a interoperable, bidirectional clinical data platform serving providers, payers, public health agencies, and patients, with phased expansion to support analytics, emergency response, and an eventual All‑Payer Claims Database. The contract is a multi‑term, firm‑fixed‑price agreement lasting through December 31 2028 – 2032, with an anticipated start of January 4 2027. The vendor must provide full‑stack IT services, including system architecture, software development, cloud/hosting, security compliance, data governance, and ongoing operations and support. Funding is sourced primarily from CMS/HHS under the Rural Health Transformation Program. • Scope: design, develop, deploy, and maintain HIE infrastructure and services (data exchange, analytics, imaging, public‑health feeds). • Duration: ~6 years (Jan 2027 – Dec 2032) with optional renewal. • Funding: part of a $205 M federal award; contract ceiling not explicitly stated but expected to be multi‑hundred‑million‑dollar lifecycle. • Mandatory compliance: CMS/HHS standards, ONC interoperability, state security policies, E‑Verify, accessibility (Section 508). • No pre‑bid conference or site visit; questions due Oct 12 2026. • Submission deadline: Nov 3 2026, 3 PM CST.