Statewide External Evaluation Services

The Mississippi Department of Education, located in Jackson, Mississippi, requires statewide external evaluation services to ensure compliance, program accountability, and continuous improvement for its federal grant programs. The agency is seeking to measure the implementation, outcomes, and overall impact of these programs at both the local and statewide levels. To solve this, the selected contractor must identify the return on investment of the federal grants at both the state and subgrantee levels. The scope of work requires the evaluator to provide training to all subgrantees on the required components of local program evaluation, including the specific logic model utilized for the statewide evaluation. The evaluator must also design an evaluation framework and logic model to measure program impact. Additionally, the evaluator will work collaboratively with agency staff to design necessary protocols and tools. Only organizations based in the United States are eligible to bid on this opportunity. The agency will allow the selected contractor to perform the work either onsite in Jackson or offsite. The agency has not disclosed a specific budget and is currently looking for proposals to determine the cost of these services. Bidders must submit all questions regarding this opportunity no later than June 01, 2026. Interested parties must submit a Notice of Intent to bid no later than June 08, 2026. The agency has not specified further evaluation criteria in the initial request.