# Nevada ePro #41NHA-S4031

Nevada seeks neutral facilitation and consulting services to develop its statewide rural value-based care network

**Posted:** October 07, 2026
**Respond By:** November 30, 2026
**Identifier:** 41NHA-S4031
**NAICS:** 541611, 541618, 541690, 621999

Nevada is seeking a neutral facilitator to help build a statewide rural value-based care network and model.
- **Government buyer:** Nevada State Purchasing Division, for the Nevada Health Authority (NVHA), Director’s Office; the initiative is the Rural Value Acceleration Network (RVAN), part of Nevada’s Rural Health Transformation Program.
- **OEMs and vendors:** No commercial OEMs, vendors, or subcontractors are named in the materials. The State seeks one qualified vendor.
- **Services requested:** Neutral stakeholder facilitation; workgroup and governance development; rural value-based care model design; multi-payer alignment; data-sharing and interoperability planning; communications and change management; reporting; and implementation support. Bid schedule classifications each show a quantity of one for management consulting, program/project development and management, project management, medical consulting, and health care services not otherwise classified.
- **Stakeholders and model goals:** Engage Nevada Rural Hospital Partners (NRHP), rural hospitals and critical access hospitals (CAHs), Medicaid managed care organizations (MCOs), other payers, and NVHA. Develop a model aligned across Medicaid, Medicare, commercial payers, and the state employee benefit program, with a path toward two-sided risk and CMS Aligned Network participation.
- **Key deliverables and requirements:** Provide a workplan, monthly progress reports, a workgroup charter and discovery summary, a rural provider readiness assessment, and a final model, governance, data/interoperability roadmap, and implementation report. The vendor must demonstrate rural value-based care expertise, neutrality, Medicaid MCO and CMS Aligned Network familiarity, multi-payer experience, relevant references, and an appropriate staffing plan.
- **Notable operating requirements:** Maintain business continuity and disaster recovery plans, address single points of failure and subcontractor compliance, and test plans at least annually. The solicitation also includes a HIPAA business associate addendum and insurance requirements; applicable GovRAMP risk-assessment requirements apply to cloud components.
- **Pricing:** Cost proposals are to cover deliverables by fiscal year, include the pricing methodology and supporting detail, and account for all expenses.
- **Products:** No physical products, product part numbers, or product quantities are requested.

### Description

The Nevada State Purchasing Division, on behalf of the Nevada Health Authority, seeks proposals for a vendor to serve as a neutral convener and facilitator in developing Nevada’s Rural Value Acceleration Network (RVAN), a statewide value-based care initiative. The contractor will bring rural value-based care expertise and facilitate collaboration among rural hospitals, Nevada Rural Hospital Partners, Medicaid managed care organizations, insurers, and the Nevada Health Authority toward a shared value-based care model. Work includes stakeholder engagement and governance, model development, data-sharing and interoperability alignment, communications, reporting, and implementation support. The State anticipates one contract with an initial two-year term beginning March 9, 2027, subject to Board of Examiners approval and continued federal funding, with an option for one additional year.

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