Award Information

This Award Information document presents the evaluation results and pricing for RFP 23-040, a Georgia state and local contract opportunity for decodable texts and text sets issued by the Henry County Board of Education. The RFP, released March 27, 2023, with a due date of April 27, 2023, at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time, solicited proposals for three types of decodable text and text kit products across multiple grade levels: Type One items for Kindergarten (156 units with 35 titles at $1,115.45 per unit) and 1st Grade (157 units with 70 titles at $1,790.10 per unit); Type Two items for Catch-Up Readers (288 units with 12 titles at $610.56 per unit); and Type Three classroom library items for Kindergarten, 1st Grade, and 2nd Grade students (156, 157, and 131 units respectively with 80 titles each). The contract was awarded to Benchmark Education and BookSource, as highlighted in the evaluation spreadsheet.

The award was based on competitive pricing evaluation across multiple vendor proposals including AKJ Education Express, Scholastic Inc., Benchmark Education, The Primary Maven LLC, BookSource, and Just Right Reader, Inc. Benchmark Education's winning bid totaled $1,413,510.25 for a one-year term with digital options included for certain grade levels, while BookSource's award totaled $473,531.54. Other notable bids included Scholastic Inc. at $1,413,510.25 (one-year term) and $2,678,355.75 (six-year term), Just Right Reader, Inc. at $1,459,931.30, and The Primary Maven LLC at $8,112.00. The evaluation included scoring across reference, proposal, and technical criteria by three evaluators, with final technical scores and cost analysis determining the award. Several vendors submitted no bids for specific item types, and some items, particularly digital components and certain grade-level classroom libraries, were marked as no-bid or zero-cost line items.