Prevention Services Division, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Buyer seeks an independent third-party evaluator to study closures, consolidations, and acquisitions of perinatal health-care practices and facilities across Colorado. The project requires primary and secondary data collection to understand assets, gaps, and impacts, with a focus on qualitative data from affected employees, community members, and patients. Buyer needs recommendations for minimum reporting requirements and best practice guidelines during closures. The final deliverable is a legislative report due by March 31, 2026.

• 6/9/2025 - Prospective Offerors written inquiry deadline
• 6/11/2025 - Answers to written inquiries published
• 6/30/2025 - Proposal Due Date
• 8/1/2025 - Estimated Contract Effective Date

• Ability to successfully perform activities outlined in RFP and Draft Statement of Work

• Study closures of perinatal healthcare practices and facilities across Colorado
• Conduct qualitative research with affected patients, providers, and communities
• Identify outcome categories at clinical, family, community, and provider levels
• Explore effects of facility closures on maternal and infant health outcomes
• Develop best practice guidelines for facility closures and transfers of care
• Create minimum reporting requirements for facility closures and consolidations
• Analyze rural and frontier counties' unique perinatal healthcare challenges
• Identify risks and opportunities related to practice closures and acquisitions
• Recommend solutions at facility, practice, workforce, community, and patient levels
• Author legislative report summarizing findings and recommendations