What the buyer needs

AI summary

The buyer requires a comprehensive statewide student assessments solution to handle K–12 summative, formative, and placement assessments. The selected vendor must deliver development, delivery, scoring, reporting, and analysis for both online and paper-based formats, including accommodated materials like braille, large print, read-aloud, and language translations. Only onshore USA organizations are eligible to bid, and all contract work will occur offsite. Bidders must submit questions by October 9, 2026, and can deliver their digital proposal responses via email or online.

Scope of work

Development, delivery, scoring, reporting, and analysis of statewide assessments for K-12 students
Support for online and paper-based assessments and secure data management
Provision of accommodated materials including braille, large print, read-aloud, and multilingual translations
Psychometric support including sampling, test design, raw-to-scale score conversion, and comparability analysis
Automated AI-based and hand-scoring operations and rubrics development
Content item banking and development for Literacy Screener aligned to the Science of Reading
Assessment Delivery Platform hosting, load testing, user acceptance testing, and disaster recovery
Form construction, answer key generation, and test map creation for operational and field-test forms

How proposals are evaluated

Criterion	Weight / scoring
Technical Criteria Evaluation	63 points
Cost Evaluation	25 points
Veteran and Hudson Initiative Evaluation	12 points

Minimum qualifications

Must be an Onshore USA Organization
Corporations and limited liability companies must be registered and in good standing with the Louisiana Secretary of State

Documents to include with your response

Completed and signed Attachment H, Proposal
Exhibit V: Use of AI Disclosure (if utilizing Artificial Intelligence)
Redlined copy of Attachment E, Sample Contract (if proposing modifications)
Redacted copy of proposal clearly marked as such (if claiming confidential or proprietary information)

How to submit

Method: Electronic via LESA portal or hard copy
Instructions: Submitted electronically via LESA portal or delivered in hard copy to the Office of State Procurement. Email and fax submissions are not acceptable.