The Office of Communicable Disease, operating under the Mississippi Department of Health, is tasked with preventing, monitoring, and responding to the spread of infectious diseases across the state. Its core mission centers on strengthening public health infrastructure through targeted clinical and community-based interventions, particularly in high-risk populations.
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The Office of Communicable Disease, operating under the Mississippi Department of Health, is tasked with preventing, monitoring, and responding to the spread of infectious diseases across the state. Its core mission centers on strengthening public health infrastructure through targeted clinical and ...
The Office of Communicable Disease, operating under the Mississippi Department of Health, is tasked with preventing, monitoring, and responding to the spread of infectious diseases across the state. Its core mission centers on strengthening public health infrastructure through targeted clinical and community-based interventions, particularly in high-risk populations. Strategic priorities include expanding access to HIV prevention services through fee-for-service provider networks and enhancing diagnostic and surveillance capacity in emergency departments serving areas with elevated syphilis morbidity. The agency prioritizes rapid-response public health initiatives that integrate laboratory diagnostics with community outreach, ensuring timely identification and containment of outbreaks.
Procurement patterns reveal a consistent focus on contracting specialized health services rather than physical goods. The agency primarily engages providers offering direct patient support and clinical laboratory services, utilizing solicitation-based contracting mechanisms to secure qualified vendors capable of delivering time-sensitive, population-specific interventions. Contracts are typically structured as performance-based service agreements, emphasizing measurable outcomes in disease detection and prevention.
The Office of Communicable Disease primarily targets NAICS 624190 for community-based individual and family services, particularly HIV prevention programs, and NAICS 621511 for medical laboratory services critical to infectious disease surveillance. There is no evidence of set-aside preferences or targeted diversity initiatives in recent solicitations. Vendor relationships are built around technical expertise in public health epidemiology, clinical service delivery, and laboratory compliance, with an emphasis on proven capacity to operate within state-mandated public health protocols.
Organized as a specialized unit within the Mississippi Department of Health, the Office operates from its headquarters in Jackson and serves the entire state through localized field partnerships. It relies on direct solicitation and competitive negotiation vehicles to procure essential health services, maintaining a lean, outcome-driven procurement structure aligned with its emergency response mandate.
Recent Office of Communicable Disease Contracts
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Senate-confirmed and senior-executive posts at Office of Communicable Disease and its sub-agencies, as published in the OPM Plum Book. These are leadership positions, not total employees.
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Recent Office of Communicable Disease Contracts
The latest contract opportunities posted by this agency, including active solicitations and recent awards.
