Addendum No. 07 – DCF RFP 2425 025

This is Addendum No. 07 to the Request for Proposals issued by the Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF), Office of Licensing, for Child Care Training Curriculum and Exam Services. The addendum updates the solicitation timeline for this project, which involves developing, maintaining, and enhancing child care training curriculum modules for online and instructor-led delivery, along with corresponding competency exams for online and in-person administration. The solicitation was originally advertised on June 12, 2025, with written questions due by July 14, 2025, and responses were initially due August 21, 2025 at 1:00 PM. The Public Response Opening was scheduled for August 22, 2025 at 10:00 AM via virtual meeting on GoToMeeting. The anticipated posting of award has been updated to December 10, 2025, with a subsequent revision extending it to December 29, 2025. The contract is anticipated to begin January 1, 2026, with a two-year duration. The total contract value is not to exceed $1,995,576.00, structured as a fixed-price agreement with pricing varying by course length and development task categories.

The solicitation requires extensive experience in developing training curricula and competency exams for child care provider education in accordance with Florida Statute 402.305(2) and integration with the existing Child Care Resource and Information Network (CCRAIN) system. The contract includes performance standards requiring 100 percent task completion, quarterly reporting, and a minimum 97 percent operational system functionality level, with financial penalties of 5 percent reduction to quarterly invoices for unaccepted deliverables. Evaluation will utilize a point-based scoring system assessing criteria including executive overview, core team qualifications, service capability, and project approach. Multiple addenda have been issued to update the solicitation timeline, with Addendum No. 07 being the most recent update posted on December 10, 2025. No specific set-aside designations were mentioned in the procurement, and the procurement is specific to Leon County within the State of Florida.