# Alberta Purchasing #AB-2026-06122

Alberta CFS RFI for Disability-Focused Placement Services

**Posted:** September 03, 2026
**Respond By:** October 05, 2026
**Identifier:** AB-2026-06122
**NAICS:** 623210, 624110, 623990

Alberta Children and Family Services is gathering information on disability-focused placement services for children and youth in care across Alberta.
- **Government buyer:** Government of Alberta, Children and Family Services (CFS); no further sub-agency or office is identified.
- **Purpose:** An information-gathering RFI to understand existing and prospective provider capacity; it is not a procurement or commitment to a future contract.
- **Services of interest:**
  - Community group care placements
  - Placements for children and youth with medical complexity
  - Campus-based placements
  - Intensive complex-needs placements
  - Respite and short-term placements
  - Innovative or alternative disability-focused placement models
- **Information sought:** Provider capacity, populations served, geographic coverage, staffing and training, clinical and other specialized supports, culturally responsive and Indigenous-informed practices, placement stability and permanency, outcomes, quality assurance, costs, contracting approaches, organizational readiness, and barriers to establishing or sustaining services.
- **OEMs and vendors:** No OEMs, vendors, or service providers are named. No products, part numbers, or quantities are specified.

### Description

Alberta Children and Family Services is seeking information about existing and potential capacity to deliver disability-focused placement services for children and youth in care throughout Alberta. The requested information covers service models, specialized staffing and clinical supports, placement and respite services, costs, organizational readiness, and barriers to establishing or sustaining services. This RFI is for information-gathering and planning only; it is not a procurement process and does not commit CFS to a future procurement or agreement. Responses are due by October 5, 2026, at 4:00 p.m. Mountain Time.

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