HCPSS MPIA Request #2026-083

Requestor
Joel Shroades
Organization/Agency
SmartProcure
Requested Information
Smartprocure is requesting electronic copies of the active/current contracts in place between the school district and the vendors providing staffing services for the following roles:
Licensed PracticalcNurses (LPN), Registered Nurses (RN), Registered Behavior Technicians (RBT), and Para-educators/Para-instructors.
In particular staffing services provided from vendors such as:
a. Epic Special Education Staffing
b. Alena Mahas Speech Language Pathology
c. Amergis
d. AnthoMed Education
e. Attain Therapy
f. Community Rehab Associates
g. Cross Country Education
h. Pediatric Development Services
i. The Stepping Stones Group
j. Comprehensive Therapy Consultants
k. Orange Tree Staffing
l. Soliant
m. Presence Learning
n. Health Pro Pediatrics
o. Invo Healthcare
p. MyBasePay
q. Marker Learning
r. GHR Education
s. EDU Healthcare
t. EBS-Educational Based Services
Date Received
Status
Complete
Response Notes

Responsive to this request, the list of vendors from your request – with the exception of Marker Learning and EBS-Education Based Services – are all found under HCPSS 109.24.B6 Special Education/Related Provider Services. This public Board of Education report contains details regarding the contract awards (see PC-10): https://go.boarddocs.com/mabe/hcpssmd/Board.nsf/files/D8DHF7483C56/$file/08%2022%2024%20Bids%20and%20Contracts.pdf. Contracts are available on our online purchasing portal. You can access the public records via this site: https://hcpss.bonfirehub.com/portal/?tab=publicContracts by putting 109.24.B6 in the search bar under Public Contracts and clicking on View for each vendor. Please note, vendors not listed on the site do not have existing contracts – although awarded, no services have been used. 

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