Notice of Intent to Release
To all interested parties:
The Iowa Department of Health and Human Services (the Agency) is providing this
notice of intent to release a request for proposal (RFP) on or around December 2025; to
procure a Cancer Screening contractor to conduct outreach and messaging on the
importance of cancer screening and prevention, purchase and distribute cancer
screening tests and equipment, facilitate a radon mitigation initiative, and other
associated cancer prevention and screening activities. Please see the Agency’s Rural
Health Transformation Grant website (Rural Health Transformation (RHT) | Health &
Human Services) for additional information about the Healthy Hometowns initiative.
The RFP for Cancer Screening and Prevention, RFP # PHTHOCC26755, that the
Agency anticipates releasing on or around December 2025, will be posted to
IowaGrants. The following is a tentative timeline for the RFP; these dates are estimates
and are subject to change:
Mid-December 2025: Question and answer period after release of the RFP
Early January 2026: Deadline for bid proposals.
Mid-January 2026: HHS to award contract(s)
Mid-February 2026: Contract begins.
Sincerely,
Julie Jones
Issuing Officer