What the buyer needs
AI summaryThe Department of War Education Activity (DoWEA) seeks commercial off-the-shelf print and digital K-5 literacy core instruction, strategic instruction, and assessment resources for students, classroom teachers, and above-school-level subject matter experts. The scope includes related professional learning, standards correlations, technical support, and a literacy proficiency tool to measure skills and monitor student progress. Strategic literacy resources must help build reading and writing skills for struggling students performing below grade level, supporting foundational reading, reading comprehension, composition writing, and written expression. Work will be performed offsite at the contractor's facilities, and the solution must use US-based data centers, TLS and AES-256 encryption, and Single Sign-On integration. Only onshore US organizations are eligible to bid, and all contractor personnel with potential access to DoWEA data must be US citizens. The buyer is looking for proposals, though the provided text does not state submission deadlines, evaluation criteria, contract term, or a specific budget.
Scope of work
- COTS print and digital K-5 core literacy instruction resources aligned to DLS-L
- Print and digital strategic literacy instruction resources for struggling students
- Digital K-5 literacy proficiency tool for student assessment and progress monitoring
- Professional learning, including synchronous/asynchronous webinars and 16 hours of ongoing learning
- Standards alignment correlation documents and digital reporting category scope and sequence
- Technical support via telephone or email within one business day
- Single Sign-On (SSO) and LMS integration with ClassLink rostering
- Print resource shipping to Americas, Europe, and Pacific schools
Minimum qualifications
- Onshore (US Organization Only)
- All contractor personnel with access to DoWEA data must be US citizens
- Meet FedRAMP Level 2 standards unless granted a case-by-case waiver
- Comply with Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act and WCAG Level AA
- Liaison and alternate liaison with at least one year of similar experience
- Data centers must be located in the United States
- Resources must have copyright dates not earlier than 2025
- 100% of assessment measures must have documented peer-reviewed reliability and validity
Documents to include with your response
- Standards alignment correlation document (digital)
- Cloud Services questionnaire submitted as part of the proposal
- Plan of Actions and Milestones (POA&M) for cybersecurity findings, if applicable
- Privacy verification and PA/PII training certificates
- Optical Character Resolution (OCR) digital copies upon request
