Statewide External Evaluation Services

The Mississippi Department of Education in Jackson, Mississippi, is seeking a vendor to provide statewide external evaluation services for its federal grant programs. The agency requires an external evaluator to ensure compliance, program accountability, and continuous improvement across these initiatives. To solve this oversight need, the selected vendor will identify the return on investment of the federal grant programs at both the state and subgrantee levels. The scope of work covers training all subgrantees on the required components of local program evaluation, including the specific logic model utilized for the statewide evaluation. The vendor must also provide an evaluation design and logic model that measures the implementation, outcomes, and overall impact of the program at both the local and statewide levels. Additionally, the evaluator will work collaboratively with agency staff to design evaluation protocols and tools. Eligibility is restricted to onshore organizations based in the United States. The agency allows the performance of the work to take place either onsite or offsite. The agency has not disclosed a specific budget and is looking for proposals to determine the cost of these services. Interested parties must submit all questions regarding this opportunity no later than June 01, 2026. Bidders must submit a Notice of Intent to the agency no later than June 08, 2026. The agency will evaluate proposals based on the vendor's ability to deliver the requested training, design protocols, and measure program impacts.