BRFSS and PRAMS Telephone Data - Bid 3160008067 - Jackson, MS 2026

Bid #3160008067. Mississippi Department of Health, Jackson, Mississippi. The Mississippi State Department of Health is seeking a Contractor to perform its telephone data collection services. The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS). Due Jun 24 (10 days left).

About this solicitation

The Mississippi State Department of Health is seeking a Contractor to perform its telephone data collection services. The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) collects information related to chronic health conditions, use of preventive services, and health behaviors from non-institutionalized adults aged 18 years and older in Mississippi. Its data are collected through telephone interviews performed by a contractor. The Contractor will collect random sample telephone survey data related to health risk factors and conditions on the adult population in Mississippi for the BRFSS Program. The contractor will be responsible for obtaining a sufficient sample from the CDC to collect the targeted number of complete interviews, training interviewers on the new survey instrument, completing the required number of interviews in accordance with survey guidelines, performing ongoing quality control of the survey collection, running data edits on the collected data and correcting any errors, submitting the data to CDC within 30 days of the end of the survey year and working with CDC to correct any problem that may be identified with respect to the data. The sample size for the MS BRFSS survey is between 4,000 and 5,000 completes annually. The Contractor must have at least 7 years of recent experience conducting BRFSS data collection activities and must have successfully collected BRFSS data for at least 10 states/sites. PRAMS is the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System. It is a joint surveillance project between state, territorial, or local health departments and CDC's Division of Reproductive Health. PRAMS was developed in 1987 to reduce infant morbidity and mortality by influencing maternal behaviors before, during, and immediately after live birth. The purpose of PRAMS is to find out why some infants are born healthy and others are not. The survey asks new mothers questions about their pregnancy and their new infant.

Bid summary

Mississippi Department of Health issued this surveying opportunity in Jackson, Mississippi, referenced as solicitation number 3160008067. It was published on June 2, 2026, and responses are due by June 24, 2026.

Public procurement context

Mississippi Department of Health in Jackson, Mississippi is using this solicitation to procure surveying work. Public buyers typically advertise this kind of work as an Invitation for Bids (IFB), Request for Proposals (RFP), or Request for Qualifications (RFQ), depending on whether the selection is price-driven, qualifications-driven, or both. Bidders responding to a surveying solicitation in Mississippi are generally expected to provide proof of liability insurance and workers' compensation coverage, hold any state license or trade certification required for the scope of work, and post performance and payment bonds for contracts above the agency's threshold.

Contracts of this type are usually awarded under the issuing agency's published procurement rules, with bid bond, performance bond, and reference requirements set in the solicitation documents. PublicBidSearch indexes this solicitation alongside other open bids in Mississippi so contractors and vendors can compare active opportunities by category, agency, or location without monitoring each procurement portal individually.

How to respond to this opportunity

To submit a bid for this solicitation, review the full solicitation documents for Mississippi Department of Health's exact scope of work, submission format, and any mandatory pre-bid meeting or site visit. Responses must be received before the June 24, 2026 deadline — public agencies routinely reject late submissions regardless of cause. Confirm how the agency accepts responses — through an electronic procurement portal, as a sealed hard-copy bid, or by email — because the required method varies by agency and a non-conforming submission can be disqualified. Vendors that have not previously contracted with Mississippi Department of Health should confirm whether registration on the agency's vendor system is required to be eligible for award.

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