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 Health Hub Technical Assistance Provider. This procurement is to aid
rural hospitals and partners with relationship building, agreement template
development, and referral networks development to create rural hub and spoke models
of care. 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 the Cancer Health Hub Technical Assistance Provider, RFP #
COMPADM26001, 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: Bidder presentations.
Mid-January 2026: HHS to award contract(s)
Mid-February 2026: Contract begins.
Sincerely,
Julie Jones
Issuing Officer