Statewide Childcare Market Rate Survey and Cost Analysis

The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services is seeking a contractor to conduct a statewide licensed-childcare Market Rate Survey and Narrow Cost Analysis, including data collection, statistical analysis, reports, recommendations, and stakeholder presentations.

Nebraska > Department of Health and Human Services


General
Open
Sep 29, 2026 07:00 PM
Sep 08, 2026 04:23 PM
4 years base + 1 × 4 years option
Request for Proposal (RFP)
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Original Solicitation Links
Contact
angellica.shasteen@nebraska.gov
301 Centennial Mall South, Lincoln, NE, USA
Submission Instructions
ShareFile electronic upload
Description

The State of Nebraska, Department of Health and Human Services, is soliciting a contractor to conduct a comprehensive statewide Market Rate Survey of licensed childcare centers, family childcare homes, and after-school programs, together with a Narrow Cost Analysis. The work must collect and analyze private-pay rates, fees, provider characteristics, enrollment and capacity data, subsidy participation, waitlists, vacancies, care levels, geographic variation, and quality-related cost factors using statistically valid sampling and multiple outreach methods. Required deliverables include a project work plan, survey instrument, sampling plan, de-identified datasets and data dictionaries, methodology and response-rate documentation, a cost model and cost-analysis dataset, comparative analysis of market rates and subsidy rates, analytical findings and policy recommendation reports, draft and final technical reports, a public-facing executive summary, graphics and tables, a presentation deck, stakeholder information sessions, presentations to the Department, and ongoing technical assistance. The contract is for four years with one optional additional four-year renewal period.

Classification Codes
NAICS541720Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities
PSCR422Market Research and Public Opinion Services (includes telephone and field interviews, focus testing, and surveys)
Smart Codes
market research surveyschildcare cost analysispolicy research consulting
Specifications
Service
Timeline
Sep 4, 2026-Release Date
Sep 17, 2026-Written Questions Due
Sep 23, 2026-Written Answers Posted
Sep 29, 2026 07:00 PM-Solicitation Response Due and Electronic Opening (optional)
Electronic responses must be uploaded through the ShareFile solicitation submission link; the opening is conducted online via Webex, meeting number 2480 978 0794, password aHAHdNyx543.
Oct 9, 2026-Intent to Award
Oct 14, 2026-Contract Finalization Period
Oct 29, 2026-Contract Award
Nov 1, 2026-Contract Start Date
Requirements
Required
  • Workers' Compensation
  • Employer's Liability — $500,000.00
  • Commercial General Liability -- General Aggregate — $2,000,000.00
  • Commercial General Liability -- Products/Completed Operations Aggregate — $2,000,000.00
  • Commercial General Liability -- Personal/Advertising Injury — $1,000,000.00
  • Commercial General Liability -- Bodily Injury/Property Damage — $1,000,000.00
  • Commercial General Liability -- Medical Payments — $10,000.00
  • Commercial General Liability -- Damage to Rented Premises — $300,000.00
  • Commercial Automobile Liability — $1,000,000.00
  • Umbrella/Excess Liability — $5,000,000.00
  • Professional Liability -- All Other Professional Liability (Errors & Omissions) — $1,000,000.00
  • Commercial Crime / Employee Dishonesty Including Third-Party Fidelity — $1,000,000.00
  • Cyber Liability — $5,000,000.00
Scored
  • Minimum 3 references
  • Within the last 10 years
  • Client point of contact required for each reference
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