26QE052_SYN_041426.pdf

DEPARTMENT OF WAR EDUCATION ACTIVITY

HEADQUARTERS

4800 MARK CENTER DRIVE

ALEXANDRIA, VA 22350-1400

Notice of Intent to Sole Source Solicitation Number: HE125426QE052 Solicitation Type: Sole Source (Non-Competitive) Title: READ 180 Reading Intervention Program NAICS / Size Standard: 513130 /1000 employees

Introduction

THIS IS A PRE-SOLICITATION NON-COMPETITIVE (NOTICE OF INTENT) SYNOPSIS TO AWARD A PURCHASE ORDER WITHOUT PROVIDING FOR FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION. The Department of War Education Activity (DoWEA), intends to negotiate and award a purchase order on a noncompetitive sole source basis to Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Pub.

Background Information

DoDEA provides instructional programs designed to support student learning through the use of high‑quality, evidence‑based educational resources and technologies. To support mathematics instruction, DoDEA utilizes digital intervention solutions that complement existing curriculum and instructional practices rather than replace them. These interventions are intended to enhance instructional effectiveness, address targeted learning needs, and support educators in delivering differentiated instruction within the classroom environment.

Purpose and Objectives

The purpose of this bridge contract is to ensure continuity of critical instructional support services while the Government completes a required competitive acquisition for the follow-on requirement. These services are necessary to prevent disruption to ongoing instructional programs and to maintain operational continuity for students and educators.

Period of Performance:

The period of performance shall be for 12 months, August 3, 2026 – August 2, 2027.

Contractor Requirements

The contractor needs to provide the following:

• (1) 100% digital,

• (2) correlated to the College and Career Ready Standards for Literacy (CCRS-Literacy)

• (3) grounded in research-based best practices.

The solution must be fully digital, commercially available, and intended to enhance existing instructional programs rather than replace them.

Sole Source Justification

DoWEA requires (1) off-the-shelf reading intervention resources for use with grades 6-12 students to supplement the core English language Arts (ELA)/literacy program and a data collection and management tool. DoWEA requires an intensive literacy intervention program (individual, small group and/or whole group instruction to meet student needs) with the goal of building reading proficiency levels from below grade level to the expected grade-level performance for striving readers. The program must provide explicit, systematic interactive instruction between the teacher and student designed to accelerate learning to the expected end-of-year independent reading proficiency levels. Intervention resources must support students in acquiring and/or sharpening the requisite skills they need to increase their reading capacity and motivation to read. A component of the intensive literacy intervention program that DoDEA selects will include developing oral language skills.

The estimated number of students requiring reading intervention and the corresponding number of teachers (i.e., reading specialists) providing instruction are as follows 2260 Enrollments and 97 Reading Specialists which are based on 2025-26 school year data. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Pub. is the incumbent provider of DoWEA’s digital Reading intervention resources and is uniquely positioned to ensure uninterrupted continuation of services during the bridge period. DoDEA’s educators and students currently rely on Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Pub. proprietary instructional programs, assessments, and data analytics that are fully integrated into existing instructional workflows and decision-making processes. The contractor’s platform contains historical student performance data, diagnostic results, and instructional recommendations that cannot be transferred to another provider without significant disruption and data loss. Maintaining continuity with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Pub. during the bridge period ensures seamless access to these proprietary tools and services, avoids retraining and reimplementation costs, and supports uninterrupted instructional planning and intervention for students and educators systemwide.

Regulatory Authority

This acquisition is conducted under the authority of the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) Overhaul Part 12.102(a) For acquisitions valued at or below the simplified acquisition threshold (SAT), document the decision that only one source is available and the basis for the decision.

Additional Information

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Codes are 513130 (Small Business Size Standard is 1000 employees) and 513210 (Small Business Size Standard is $47,000,000). This acquisition is being conducted under the simplified commercial procedures under the FAR Part 12 Overhaul, therefore the requirements of FAR Part 6, Competitive Requirements, are not applicable and the resultant award will include all applicable provisions and clauses in effect at time of award.

This synopsis is not a request for competitive proposals. However, interested parties may identify their interest and capability to respond to this notice. Responses to this notice shall contain sufficient information to establish the interested parties’ bona-fide capabilities for fulfilling the requirement and include: unit price, list price, the delivery period after contract award, the prompt payment discount terms, the F.O.B. Point (Destination or Origin), the Unique Entity Identifier (UEI), the Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN), and the certification of business size. All offerors must have an active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) www.sam.gov. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. The information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to proceed on a non-competitive basis or to conduct a competitive procurement.

All responses must be received by April 24, 2026, 12:00 PM ET and must reference solicitation number HE125426QE038. Responses shall be submitted electronically to Kevin.Cruz@dodea.edu and Jamie.Formosa@dodea.edu. Responses will only be accepted if dated and signed by an authorized company representative. All responsible sources may submit a bid, proposal, or quotation which shall be considered by the agency. DoWEA will not be responsible for any costs incurred by interested parties in responding to this notice.

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