ELP Assessments, CAO

The Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Education seeks English Language Proficiency assessments and associated services for 183 BIE-funded schools across 23 states, with quotes due August 11, 2026, at 10:00 AM Mountain Daylight Time. This RFQ is designated for Women-Owned Small Businesses, with unrestricted competition available.

Performance is CONUS only with data residency in CONUS. The contract is firm fixed price for service CLINs and cost reimbursable for travel, covering a 60-month base year plus four optional one-year renewal periods. The contractor must provide a commercial off-the-shelf ELP assessment platform approved for federal accountability, delivering standard and alternate assessments, ELP screeners, online and paper-based options, student registration portal integration with NASIS, 100% accuracy scoring, and EDFacts-compliant reporting to 55 Bureau Operated Schools and 128 Tribally Controlled Schools in K-12.

All contractor personnel must possess U.S. citizenship, complete background investigations at minimum Low risk level (NACI or equivalent), maintain current immunizations, and obtain BIE background clearance (4-6 weeks processing) before onsite work. Compliance requirements include FERPA, COPPA, CIPA, FISMA, FedRAMP hosting, Section 508 accessibility, FIPS 140-2/140-3 encryption, zero-trust authentication per OMB M-22-09, and 100% Acceptable Quality Level standards for privacy, security, accessibility, and contractual milestones. Contractors must achieve Authority to Operate within 180 days of award and FedRAMP compliance within 180 days of availability.

Core task areas include Assessment Administration, Student Registration Portal deployment and SIS integration, End-User Training Support, Assessment Scoring and Reporting, Project Management Services, Helpdesk Services (four-tier support Monday-Friday, 9 AM-3 PM across all time zones with 15-minute hold time), and optional services. Evaluation criteria are Experience (6 pages), Management and Technical Approach (15 pages), and Pricing. Amendment 0001 (posted August 6) requires resumes for all Key Personnel (two pages maximum, excluding page limits), completion of Table 11 Service Level Baseline, and use of an estimated student count of 4,634 students for pricing. NAICS 611710, PSC U009. Offerors must submit pricing via the provided Excel schedule with detailed cost breakdowns and written price development descriptions.