School Collaborative Grant Service

The New York State Education Department, located in Albany, NY, is seeking a vendor to provide a school collaborative grant service. This service administers a subgrant opportunity under the federal Charter Schools Program designed to support structured, time-bound partnerships between charter schools and traditional public-school districts. The agency is trying to foster cross-sector collaboration, joint design, implementation, and evaluation of high-impact strategies that improve outcomes for educationally disadvantaged students, while also producing practical tools and resources that other schools across the state can adapt. The scope of work covers funding structured, time-bound partnerships that will design, implement, and evaluate a focused strategy to improve outcomes for educationally disadvantaged students. The agency requires the selected vendor to perform all work offsite over a contract period of two years. Only onshore organizations based in the United States are eligible to bid on this opportunity. Bidders must submit their proposals digitally via email or through an online portal. The agency has not disclosed a specific budget and is looking for cost proposals within the submissions. The source document does not specify the evaluation criteria or key dates for this procurement.