Maryland Department of Human Services: quick-turn RFPs and small procurements (deadline roundup)

Executive takeaway

This Maryland Department of Human Services roundup spans a range of service procurements (consulting, administrative/data entry, legal, inspections, employment services, residential child care, and customer transportation). Most notices show only a short description and no visible files; one “Customer Job Transportation” posting includes multiple attachments (price sheet, affidavits, minimum qualifications, forms, and a solicitation document) and is the best candidate for a fast, requirements-driven bid review.

What the buyer is trying to do

Across these postings, Maryland Department of Human Services appears to be sourcing vendor support to deliver direct services (transportation, employment services programs, residential child care), professional services (legal, consulting), and operational support (administrative/data entry), plus field-based compliance/health-related inspections (home health and lead paint).

Based strictly on the snippets:

• Provide program resource support for kinship care (“Maryland Kinship Care Resource Center”).
• Cover administrative support/data entry needs.
• Secure legal services for Washington County Department of Social Services.
• Deliver employment services tied to Welfare to Work, Food Supplement Employment & Training (FSP E&T), and a Non-Custodial Parent Employment Program (NPEP).
• Acquire consulting services through small procurement solicitations.
• Conduct home health and lead paint inspections.
• Provide high intensity residential child care services on Maryland’s Mid-Eastern Shore.
• Provide customer job transportation (with a complete attachment set available in the posting).

What work is implied (bullets)

• Program support services for kinship care resource operations (verify full scope in the RFP).
• Administrative support and data entry services (volume, systems, and performance metrics need to be verified in attachments).
• Legal services support for a county DSS (practice areas, caseload, court requirements—verify in attachments).
• Employment services delivery for multiple workforce-related programs (eligibility, placement/reporting requirements—verify in attachments).
• Consulting services under small procurement(s) (deliverables and evaluation approach—verify in attachments).
• Field inspections related to home health and lead paint (credentialing, reporting format, turnaround—verify in attachments).
• Residential child care services delivery in a defined geography (licensing, staffing model, care requirements—verify in attachments).
• Customer job transportation operations, including:
  • Completion of a price sheet (attachment present).
  • Use of a transportation referral form (attachment present).
  • Compliance documentation and certifications (attachments present).
  • Ability to meet stated minimum qualifications (attachment present).

Who should bid / who should pass (bullets)

• Bid if you already deliver the specific service category referenced in the title/snippet (e.g., transportation operations, employment services, inspections, residential child care) and can align quickly once you review the solicitation documents.
• Bid if you can respond fast to a “small procurement solicitation” and have reusable past performance narratives and resumes that fit typical state consulting formats (verify submission rules in attachments).
• Bid the transportation opportunity if you can meet the Bidder Minimum Qualifications and can price using the provided price sheet attachment.
• Pass if you cannot operate in Maryland (or in the county/region implied by the posting) and would need to build a delivery footprint from scratch (verify location requirements in attachments).
• Pass if your team cannot produce required affidavits/certifications quickly or cannot comply with the provided contract compliance checklist (transportation posting includes these attachments).
• Pass on legal/inspection/child care postings if you lack the regulated credentials likely required (licenses/certifications should be confirmed in the RFP/IFB attachments).

Response package checklist (bullets; if unknown say 'verify in attachments')

• Completed pricing/price sheet (available for “Customer Job Transportation”; verify in attachments for other notices).
• Signed affidavits and required forms (transportation posting includes “Affidavits Sample Contract EFT”; verify in attachments for others).
• Certification regarding lobbying (transportation posting includes this; verify in attachments for others).
• Evidence you meet bidder minimum qualifications (transportation posting includes a minimum qualifications attachment).
• Completed transportation referral form (transportation posting includes this form).
• Contract compliance checklist (transportation posting includes this checklist).
• Full technical response narrative and any required resumes/past performance (verify in attachments).
• Acknowledgment of solicitation terms and any required addenda (verify in attachments).

Pricing & strategy notes (how to research pricing; do not invent pricing numbers)

• Start with the buyer’s pricing template. For “Customer Job Transportation,” use the provided price sheet attachment as your baseline and structure your internal cost build to match it exactly.
• Map price to measurable units. Transportation often hinges on rate units (e.g., per trip, per mile, per client, per route). Use the solicitation’s definitions—do not assume—then align labor, vehicle, insurance, dispatch/admin, and compliance time to those units (verify unit definitions in attachments).
• Validate compliance costs early. If the solicitation includes multiple affidavits/certifications and a compliance checklist (as shown in the transportation posting), factor the administrative overhead into pricing and schedule.
• Benchmark using public signals inside the solicitation. If the RFP includes historical volumes, service area maps (a map attachment is present in the transportation posting), or performance expectations, use those to stress-test route density, deadhead time, and staffing assumptions.
• For consulting and admin/data entry postings with no visible files, treat pricing as “unknown until attachments are obtained.” Build a draft cost model, but plan to re-price once deliverables and reporting cadence are confirmed.

Subcontracting / teaming ideas (bullets)

• Transportation prime + subcontracted call-center/dispatch overflow or on-call drivers (verify whether subcontracting is allowed in the solicitation).
• Employment services prime + specialized partners for targeted populations or support services referenced by the program names (verify service categories in attachments).
• Residential child care operator + subcontracted clinical/behavioral support services (only if allowed; verify in attachments).
• Inspection firm + overflow inspection capacity to meet turnaround times (verify response time requirements in attachments).
• Consulting small procurement bidders: bring a niche subject-matter subcontractor if the scope is narrowly defined (verify in attachments).

Risks & watch-outs (bullets)

• Limited visibility into requirements. Several notices indicate “Loading No files to display,” so scope, evaluation, and submission rules may be unavailable until you retrieve the full solicitation elsewhere or via the posting page.
• Do not assume NAICS/PSC/set-aside. These fields are blank in the provided data; confirm eligibility and classification in the solicitation documents.
• Attachment-driven compliance. The transportation posting includes multiple compliance documents; missing one can be a non-responsive bid (verify exact requirements in attachments).
• Minimum qualifications gate. The transportation posting explicitly includes a minimum qualifications attachment—treat it as pass/fail until proven otherwise.
• Geography and service area. A map attachment is present for transportation; ensure your service coverage matches what the buyer expects (verify in attachments).
• Programmatic/regulatory constraints. Legal services, lead paint inspections, and residential child care typically carry credentialing and operational rules—confirm before investing heavily (verify in attachments).

Related opportunities

• Customer Job Transportation
• Employment Services for Welfare to Work, FSP E&T, and NPEP
• Home Health and Lead Paint Inspections
• Legal Services for Washington County Department of Social Services
• Administrative Support/Data Entry Services
• Small Procurement Solicitation for Consulting Services
• Small Procurement Solicitation for Consulting Services (2)
• High Intensity Residential Child Care Services (Mid-Eastern Shore)
• Maryland Kinship Care Resource Center (RFP)

How to act on this

1. Pick one posting that matches your core delivery capability (transportation, employment services, inspections, legal, admin/data entry, consulting, or residential child care).
2. Open the BidPulsar notice page and pull every attachment available; where files are missing, verify in attachments or the linked solicitation source before drafting.
3. Build a compliance matrix from the solicitation document (for transportation, start with the compliance checklist and minimum qualifications attachments).
4. Draft the pricing using the buyer’s template (price sheet where provided) and align your narrative to the specific program/service named in the posting.

If you want hands-on help turning one of these Maryland DHS notices into a compliant, submission-ready response, contact Federal Bid Partners LLC for capture support, compliance review, and proposal packaging.