4-Vantage 26 March Announcement.docx.pdf
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- Cook County, Illinois
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This is a Sole Source Purchase Announcement issued by City Colleges of Chicago (CCC) through its Business and Procurement Services department at Dawson Technical Institute. CCC intends to award a contract to Vantage Learning for provision of a proprietary, fully customized online platform to administer, manage, and score the RTW 2.0 English Placement Assessment. The platform will support assessment delivery, workflow management, and faculty-based essay scoring support, including CCC-specific scoring rubrics, dual faculty scoring workflows, and integrated discrepancy resolution. A public hearing has been scheduled for Monday, June 15, 2026, at 12:00 p.m. CDT via Zoom teleconference to allow interested parties to testify regarding the sole source determination. Interested vendors or parties wishing to testify or submit capability statements must register with William Moore, Contracts Administrator, no later than the registration deadline. CCC reserves the right to cancel the procurement prior to any scheduled hearing.
CCC has determined this purchase is only economically available from Vantage Learning because their platform uniquely supports the fully customized RTW 2.0 assessment configuration, including proprietary test forms and integrated workflows that are not compatible with other vendors' systems. The announcement indicates that a hearing will be held if CCC receives a timely request to testify or if any vendor submits a signed statement demonstrating capability to provide the stated services at or below the contract amount. Formal rules of evidence will not apply during the hearing, and hearing minutes will be produced. Following the hearing, CCC will determine whether the sole source determination was appropriate.
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Business and Procurement Services
Dawson Technical Institute
3901 S. State Street. Room 102
Chicago, Illinois 60609
Phone: (312) 553-2590 procurementservices@ccc.edu www.ccc.edu
Announcement of a Sole Source Purchase
First published Monday, June 1, 2026
City Colleges of Chicago intends to award a contract to Vantage Learning to provide a proprietary, fully customized online platform to administer, manage, and score the City Colleges of Chicago RTW 2.0
English Placement Assessment, including assessment delivery, workflow management, and faculty-based essay scoring support.
City Colleges has determined that this purchase is only economically available Vantage Learning because their platform supports CCC’s fully customized RTW 2.0 assessment, including proprietary test forms, CCC-specific scoring rubrics, dual faculty scoring workflows, and integrated discrepancy resolution, all of which are uniquely configured and not compatible with other vendors’ systems.
For additional information, contact:
Angela Arrington-Jones, Vice Chancellor – Business and Procurement Services
Dawson Technical Institute
Procurement Services
3901 S. State St.
Room 102
Chicago, IL 60609
Phone: (312) 553-2590
Aarrington@ccc.edu
Procurement Website
City Colleges of Chicago will hold a public hearing at the date, time and location specified below, if we receive a request to testify regarding the sole source determination. We will also hold a hearing if any vendor submits a signed statement showing the capability to provide the stated supplies/services at or below the amount indicated.
The public hearing allows any interested party the opportunity to testify for or against the sole source determination as described in this notice. The purpose of the hearing is to receive information from the public in a reasonable manner. Formal rules of evidence will not apply. The hearing officer will produce minutes of the hearing and may record it in order to aid in the production of the minutes. After conclusion of the hearing we will decide whether the sole source determination was appropriate.
We must receive any request to testify and any vendor statement no later than the registration date and time indicated below. If we do not receive a timely request or statement, we will not hold the hearing.
mailto:procurementservices@ccc.edu http://www.ccc.edu/ https://cccedu-my.sharepoint.com/personal/wmoore48_ccc_edu/Documents/Desktop/Announcements/Aarrington@ccc.edu https://www.ccc.edu/departments/Pages/procurement.aspx
We reserve the right to cancel the procurement prior to any scheduled hearing. Please confirm the status of the hearing with the Hearing Contact.
Hearing Details
Date: Monday, June 15, 2026
Time: 12:00 p.m. CDT
Location: Via Zoom Teleconference; access information will be emailed only to respondents.
Hearing Contact:
Angela Arrington-Jones, Vice Chancellor – Business and Procurement Services
Phone: (312) 553-2590
E-mail: Aarrington@ccc.edu
Potential participants are requested to email the Department of Business and Procurement Services for conference information via the Bonfire portal. Date, time, and location are subject to change and/or cancellation. It is the responsibility of potential participants to confirm these details prior to attendance.
Registration:
Register with:
William Moore – Contracts Administrator
Phone: (773) 487-6958
FAX: (312) 553-2594
E-mail: Wmoore48@ccc.edu https://cccedu-my.sharepoint.com/personal/wmoore48_ccc_edu/Documents/Desktop/Announcements/Aarrington@ccc.edu mailto:Wmoore48@ccc.edu
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