2-City Colleges Chicago-ALEKS Sole Source 5.27.2026.docx.pdf
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This is a sole source justification letter from McGraw Hill LLC to the Board of Trustees of Community College District No. 508 (City Colleges of Chicago) dated May 27, 2026. The letter confirms McGraw Hill LLC's exclusive rights to the ALEKS Placement, Preparation, and Learning (PPL) platform, a computer-adaptive mathematics placement and learning system developed through research collaboration between New York University, University of California Irvine, and the University of Brussels. City Colleges of Chicago requires this platform to support accurate course placement for new credit students across all seven colleges. McGraw Hill LLC holds sole and exclusive rights to develop, host, and distribute all ALEKS PPL products for higher education mathematics, with all intellectual property owned by McGraw Hill LLC and the University of California under an exclusive, worldwide, long-term license.
No specific pricing, quantities, response dates, or contract term information is provided in this letter. The document serves as McGraw Hill's certification of sole source status to justify the procurement without competitive bidding. Interested parties can contact DJ Wearmouth, Sr. Enterprise Account Manager at McGraw Hill for additional information regarding the ALEKS platform implementation and pricing terms for City Colleges of Chicago.
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May 27,2026
Board of Trustees of Community College District No. 508, County of Cook and State of Illinois (”City Colleges of Chicago”)
Attn: Laura Denly ldenly@ccc.edu
180 N. Wabash, Suite 200
Chicago, IL 60601
Dear Laura:
Thank you for your inquiry about our ALEKS Placement, Preparation, and Learning (PPL)platform.
ALEKS PPL is the result of ground-breaking research in mathematical cognitive science initiated by faculty at New York University (NYU), University of California, Irvine (UCI), and the University of
Brussels.
This letter confirms that McGraw Hill LLC is the sole source for all ALEKS PPL products, including all
ALEKS PPL products for Higher Education Mathematics. McGraw Hill Education LLC has the sole and exclusive rights to develop and host all ALEKS PPL products.
All intellectual property connected with ALEKS PPL products – including, without limitation, copyrights and trademarks – is owned by McGraw Hill LLC and/or the University of California. All rights of the
University of California have been granted to McGraw Hill LLC pursuant to an exclusive, worldwide, long-term license.
McGraw Hill LLC and its sales representatives are the exclusive distributors for all ALEKS products.
If you desire additional information, contact DJ Wearmouth, Sr. Enterprise Account Manager at (563)
422-0066, donald.wearmouth@mheducation.com, or visit us on the web at www.aleks.com.
Sincerely, Ian Townsend, Director, Math and Chemistry
Docusign Envelope ID: 45BDCE8E-9149-820C-803B-57988FF37EE9 mailto:ldenly@ccc.edu mailto:donald.wearmouth@mheducation.com http://www.aleks.com/
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