Award Information

This award information document pertains to a contract awarded by the Henry County Board of Education in Georgia for RFP 23-040, which solicited decodable texts and text sets for multiple grade levels. The request for proposals was released on March 27, 2023, with proposals due on April 27, 2023, at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The scope of work encompasses three product types: Type One items for Kindergarten (156 units, 35 titles) and 1st Grade (157 units, 70 titles); Type Two items for Catch-Up Readers (288 units, 12 titles); and Type Three classroom library items for Kindergarten, 1st Grade, and 2nd Grade (156, 157, and 131 units respectively, 80 titles each). Digital options were included for certain grade levels. The contract was awarded following competitive evaluation by three evaluators across reference, proposal, and technical criteria, with final scoring and cost analysis determining the awards.

The contract was awarded to two vendors: Benchmark Education received $1,413,510.25 for a one-year term, and BookSource received $473,531.54, for a combined award value of approximately $1.886 million. Additional bidders included Scholastic Inc., which submitted a one-year bid at $1,413,510.25 and a six-year alternative at $2,678,355.75, Just Right Reader, Inc. at $1,459,931.30, AKJ Education Express, and The Primary Maven LLC. Several vendors submitted no bids for specific item types, with some items—particularly digital components and certain grade-level classroom libraries—receiving no-bid or zero-cost responses. Inquiries regarding the award should be directed to L. Renee Langston, Issuing Officer, at renee.langston@hcbe.net or 478-988-6211 extension 4.