NDERFP260303-Notification-Of-Non-Award.docx

This is a Notice of Non-Award issued by the Nebraska Department of Education (NDE) for solicitation NDERFP260303, a Grants Management System procurement. The solicitation, which opened on June 24, 2026, at 2:00 PM through the Grants Management System portal, was intended to procure a comprehensive web-based grants management system capable of administering sub-grants throughout the entire grant process lifecycle for approximately 20 existing grants distributing $400 million annually. The system required integration with Microsoft Windows Server 2022 and Microsoft SQL Server 2022 environments and 24-hour daily production availability with approved scheduled downtime exceptions. Proposals were due electronically in PDF format by June 17, 2026, at 2:00 PM Central Standard Time, with the evaluation period scheduled for June 22 to July 2, 2026, and vendor demonstrations on July 15, 2026. The contract term was to extend up to five years from execution, with NDE reserving the right to continue procuring services for up to eighteen months following the intent to award if needed. The non-award notice was posted on November 6, 2026.

No award will be issued under this solicitation. The procurement did not identify an incumbent vendor. Pricing was to be submitted on an itemized basis across the five-year contract period, covering design and implementation, training and support, system operation, post-implementation maintenance and enhancements, and associated costs including third-party licenses, system integrations, and data migration. Nebraska statute permitted preference consideration for resident disabled veterans and businesses located in designated enterprise zones during evaluation. NDE reserved the right to conduct reference and credit checks and request best and final offers from qualified bidders.