85-20250228103313 WBCSD.pdf

Overview

West Bolivar Consolidated School District Request for Proposals/Quotes

Digital Curricula for credit accrual/recovery and expanded course access

1. Introduction: The West Bolivar Consolidated School District serves students in Benoit, Rosedale, and Shaw, MS. School facilities consist of four school-wide Title I schools and one central office. The district has approximately 840 students. The overall accountability rating for the school district is a “D”.

2. Goal and Purpose of RFP: The purpose of this Request for Quotes (RFQ) is to obtain quotations for an Online Credit and Credit Recovery Course Program. The product should also include learning paths and follow-up assignments for students with teacher resources. In addition, this program should be aligned/correlated to the Mississippi College and Career Readiness Standards.

3. Proposal Requirements and Project Scope for: Shaw High School and West Bolivar High School

4. Service Specifications and Provisions:

The program must adhere to, align with, and provide the following:

● Be an online credit recovery course program that can be used throughout the year for grades

7-12 to help students meet their academic goals;

● Will adapt to the changing classroom requirements;

● Can be implemented in any in-person, blended, or virtual learning model;

● Provides easy-to-access tools that promote academic integrity in areas such as plagiarism and completing tasks in a time appropriate manner;

● Provides translation services for many languages;

● Provides support when interacting with texts, read-alouds, guided notes, personalized assignment calendar;

● Is constantly updated to reflect changes in national and state standards;

● Engages students in multi-modal learning;

● Provides customization tools to meet learners’ needs;

● Provides real time data and helps identify students or groups who may be struggling;

● Scaffolds to support students with special educational needs and can make accommodations;

● Offers a broad set of customizable career and technical education courses with real-world activities and problem-solving curriculum;

● Reports available for student, class, school and district;

● Reports should be available for the individual student or class;

● Reports should reflect the progress of the grade, school, and/or the entire district;

● Must describe how personally identifiable information is protected and appropriate for school district use;

● Must have enough data (i.e. effect size) to prove efficacy;

● Must have evidence-based research to comply with Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA);

o Ordering: Bidders should provide information on the ordering process that will be used by the West

Bolivar Consolidated School District (WBCSD). Bidder should detail any online ordering system that reflects “current” pricing/discounts offered to WBCSD. Bidders should provide ample details on how their company’s online ordering system works and be willing to provide a “real time” walkthrough of this process if selected. Online ordering system preferred;

○ Returns: Bidders should outline process for return, giving details of how credits are made and what restrictions are placed on returns;

○ Delivery: Proposer should outline delivery information, including any associated charges or restrictions. The district requires deliveries to be made to individual schools or offices – deliveries for schools will not be accepted by the district office (if applicable);

○ Complaints/Issues: Proposer should outline how complaints are resolved and how the resolution of complaints or similar issues is communicated;

○ Legal Compliance: Contracted vendor must comply with all local ordinances, and all state and federal laws/regulations, including but not limited to – permits, licenses, health/sanitary and tax issues.

5. Pricing/quotes/specifications: The district is requesting quotes for an online credit recovery/accruel program for two high school campuses for the student enrollment population of approximately 441 students

Pricing/quotes/specifications: The district is requesting quotes for a one-year cont

6. Tentative schedule for RFQ events are as follows:

a. RFQ released: February 28, 2025

b. Quote due date: March 06, 2025(10:00 a.m.)

7. RFQ Submission requirements: Email a copy of the RFPQ response by 03/06/2025 10:00 a.m. to the following address: sbrown@wbcsdk, Shelia Brown, Director of Federal Programs & predmond@wbcsdk12.org, Precious Redmond, Director of Curriculum Instruction.

7. Minimum Eligibility Requirements and Contract Award Information

Applicants must comply with all applicable licensing and certification requirements specific to the proposed services, be registered through the site of sam.gov , and agree to the terms/agreement and any addendum set forth by the school district’s school board attorney.

All questions, comments and requests for clarifications must be in writing to Precious Redmond (March 5th to, 2025). The School District reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to determine appropriate and adequate responses to the written comments, questions and requests for clarification.

mailto:predmond@wbcsdk12.org

8. Contact Information

A paper copy or an email copy of this document, including any addendums, may be obtained by request:

Shelia Brown, Director of Federal Programs

West Bolivar Consolidated School District

P.O. Box 189, Rosedale, MS 38769 Email: sbrown@wbcsdk12.org mailto:sbrown@wbcsdk12.org

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