645599 - FY26 RFP PHTHOCC26755 for Combat Cancer Prevention and Screening
Funding Opportunity Details
Healthy Hometowns
Final Application Deadline: Jan 5, 2026 4:00 PM
Status Posted
Posted Date Dec 8, 2025 1:57 PM
Award Amount RangeNot Applicable
Project Dates 02/15/2026 - 09/30/2031
Award Announcement Date 01/27/2026
Categorical Area
Recurring Opportunity No
Program Officer Julie Jones
Phone (515) 242-5934 x
Email julie.jones@hhs.iowa.gov
Description
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It is the responsibility of the Applicant to review all Attachments listed below for additional details regarding this Funding Opportunity.
The issuance of this Funding Opportunity in no way constitutes a commitment by Iowa HHS to award a contract.
Excerpts from the RFP:
Purpose
The purpose of this Request for Proposal (RFP) # PHTHOCC26755 is to solicit applications that will enable the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services (referred to as Agency) to select the most qualified applicant to (1) improve the health of rural Iowans through the purchase and distribution of screening test kits, consumer facing telehealth equipment, and tools and training for health care professionals for early detection of colorectal and skin cancers; (2) increase awareness of the risk factors and preventative behaviors that can help protect rural Iowans from developing cancers by planning and implementing a media outreach campaign; and (3) decrease exposure to radon gas for rural Iowans through the purchase and distribution of home radon test kits, financial reimbursement to rural Iowans for home radon mitigation, and increase the number of trained and certified radon mitigation measurement specialists and radon mitigation installers operating in rural Iowa counties. This work implements a portion of the Agency Combat Cancer: Prevent and Treat initiative of the Iowa Healthy Hometowns Project, funded through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Rural Health Transformation Program, opportunity #: CMS-RHT-26-001.
Schedule of Important Dates (All times and dates listed are local Iowa time.
The table below lists critical dates in the application and contract award process. Contractors are encouraged to review the entire RFP for detailed information about events, dates, times and sites.
EVENT
DATE
RFP Issued
December 8, 2025
Written Questions and Responses
Round 1 Questions Due:
Responses Posted By:
December 10, 2025
December 12, 2025
Final Questions Due:
Responses Posted By:
December 17, 2025
December 19, 2025
Applications Due
January 5, 2026
by 4:00 PM Local Iowa Time
Post Notice of Intent to Award
On or around January 27, 2026
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Attachments
| Description | File Name | Type | Size | Upload Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. Request for Proposal (RFP) #PHTHOCC26755 for Combat Cancer Prevention and Screening | A. Request for Proposal RFP PHTHOCC26755 for Combat Cancer Prevention and Screening.pdf | 466 KB | 12/08/2025 01:21 PM | |
| B. Attachment B Work Plan Formatting Specifications | B. Attachment B Work Plan Formatting Specifications.pdf | 164 KB | 12/08/2025 01:21 PM | |
| C. HHS Application Instructions Guidance (IowaGrants) | C. HHS Application Instructions Guidance IowaGrants.pdf | 2 MB | 12/05/2025 01:18 PM | |
| D. Sample Draft Contract | D. Sample Draft Contract.pdf | 360 KB | 12/08/2025 01:22 PM |
Website links
| Description | Link |
|---|---|
| A. IowaGrants Registration and Login Instructions | https://dom.iowa.gov/state-government/grant-management |
| B. General Terms and Contingent Terms | https://hhs.iowa.gov/initiatives/contract-terms |
| C. Randon Testing & Lab Certification and Mitigation Credentialing | https://hhs.iowa.gov/health-prevention/providers-professionals/radiological-health/radon/radon-testing-lab-certification-and-mitigation-credentialing |
| D. Approved Radon Test Kit List: National Radon Proficiency Program | https://nrpp.info/devices/approved-devices/ |
| E. Approved Radon Test Kit List: National Radon Safety Board | https://nrsb.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/NRSB-Approved-Devices-FINAL-15Sept2025.pdf |
| F. Evidence Based and Evidence Informed Telehealth Resources - Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Telehealth Best Practices guides: Best practice guides | Telehealth.HHS.gov | https://telehealth.hhs.gov/providers/best-practice-guides |
| G. Network of the National Library of Medicine (NNLM) Library: Telehealth 101: What libraries need to know | NNLM | https://www.nnlm.gov/training/class-catalog/telehealth-101-what-libraries-need-know |
| H. Network of the National Library of Medicine (NNLM): Library Telehealth 101 A Getting Started Guide | https://libraries.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/Library-Telehealth-101-Getting-Started.pdf |