DATA COLLECTION AND CONSULTATION OSES
- The South Carolina Department of Education (SCDE) is seeking a contractor to conduct a comprehensive systems and process review through a Request for Proposals (RFP) solicitation. The primary objective is to evaluate the agency's personnel and financial operations against statutory responsibilities, regulatory requirements, and best practices. The selected contractor will develop an evaluation design incorporating both qualitative and quantitative assessments, including human resources best...
- The South Carolina Vocational Rehabilitation Department (SCVRD) is seeking qualified vendors to provide Pre-Employment Transition Services (Pre-ETS) for students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) ages 13-21 who are eligible or potentially eligible for vocational rehabilitation services. The solicitation covers four primary service domains: job exploration counseling, work-based learning, self-advocacy instruction, and workplace readiness training. Services must be delivered using Applied...
- The South Carolina Vocational Rehabilitation Department (SCVRD) is soliciting Best Value Bid proposals for Self-Advocacy services targeting middle and high school students with disabilities across the state. The procurement seeks experienced service providers to deliver Pre-Employment Transition Services (Pre-ETS) instruction in self-advocacy to eligible and potentially eligible students ages 13-21 in public, private, charter, or secondary education programs. The solicitation is divided into...
- The South Carolina Department of Education (SCDE), through the State Fiscal Accountability Authority (SFAA) Division of Procurement Services, is seeking a comprehensive growth measures software solution for tracking student academic performance across the state. The procurement solicitation, designated as Solicitation 5400026848, requires a vendor to develop and implement a web-based system capable of calculating school-level growth metrics, supporting state and Local Education Agency (LEA)...
- The South Carolina Department of Education's Office of Research and Data Analysis (SCDE ORDA) is soliciting fixed-price bids for assessment conversion services within Richland County. The procurement seeks contractors to load historical and current assessment data into the Ed-Fi Application Programming Interface (API) using open-source tools like Earthmover and Lightbeam. Contractors must match historical identity files, create configuration templates to convert tabular assessment data to...
- The South Carolina Department of Disabilities and Special Needs (SCDDSN) is procuring consulting services to pilot an acuity-based level of need assessment tool for individuals receiving residential services through Home and Community-Based waivers and intermediate care facilities. The primary objective is to develop and implement a normed assessment instrument specific to the South Carolina population, with key deliverables including coordinating assessor training, ensuring Spanish...
- The State of South Carolina, through the Fiscal Accountability Authority and Department of Education First Steps program, is seeking external program evaluations for early childhood initiatives in Richland County. The solicitation requires a comprehensive five-year evaluation process involving four distinct external assessments covering fiscal years 2024-2028, with a focus on analyzing local partnerships serving children from birth through age five. The evaluations will examine program reach,...
- The South Carolina Department of Education (SCDE) is seeking a Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) Instructional Materials Inventory Management System (IMIMS) through a Request for Proposal (RFP) to manage instructional materials for approximately 800,000 students across 1,300 schools and 80 districts statewide. The system must integrate with existing Student Information Systems (primarily PowerSchool) and the state's central depository (RL Bryan), supporting barcode...
- The South Carolina Department of Education's Office of Research and Data Analysis (ORDA) is seeking a contractor to provide a hosted Competency and Academic Standards Exchange (CASE) Server with an associated tool set. The procurement is an Invitation for Bid (IFB) targeting a web-based, vendor-hosted solution compliant with 1EdTech CASE standards, designed to enable K-12 education stakeholders to access state standards in human-consumable and machine-readable formats. The solution must be...
- The South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce (SCDEW) is seeking a qualified vendor to conduct a comprehensive evaluation of its Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessment (RESEA) program through a Request for Proposal (RFP). The procurement targets an independent contractor to design, implement, and evaluate a new intensive service component of the RESEA program, which currently serves approximately 10,000 claimants annually across 14 comprehensive SCWorks Centers statewide....
The South Carolina Department of Education's Office of Special Education Services (OSES) is conducting an Invitation for Bid (IFB) to procure data collection and consultation services for post-secondary transition outcome surveys. The primary objective is to collect Indicator 14 data for compliance with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and the State Performance Plan/Annual Performance Report (SPP/APR). The contracted vendor will be responsible for administering surveys to up to 6,500 former students with disabilities from local education agencies, conducting interviews between June 1 and September 30 of each contract year. Survey methodologies must include Computer-Assisted Telephone Interviewing (CATI), with a minimum of three contact attempts per student, and support provided in both English and Spanish. The vendor must maintain comprehensive survey management procedures, provide annual debrief reviews with OSES, and securely deliver results with weekly reporting access. Key submission dates include a question deadline of June 26, 2023, at 5:00 PM (ET), and a proposal submission deadline of July 28, 2023, at 2:00 PM (ET). Award evaluation will be based solely on pricing, with the contract awarded to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder. The solicitation does not explicitly outline specific set-aside designations for disadvantaged enterprises, though South Carolina resident contractor and subcontractor preference provisions apply. Mandatory qualifications for vendors include demonstrable CATI experience, highly trained interviewing staff, extensive knowledge of SPP/APR processes, and experience developing web-based data collection solutions. Vendors must maintain current registration with the State Vendor Registration system and submit offers through the South Carolina procurement website. The contract will have an initial term of one year beginning August 11, 2023, with two potential one-year renewals, creating a maximum contract period of three years. Pricing is structured with two line items: a fixed price for 5,000 respondents per year and per-respondent pricing for up to 1,500 additional respondents. Payment will be made electronically upon submission of proper invoices, with the first payment issued upon closure of the survey window. While specific budget ranges are not detailed, the solicitation indicates a scalable approach allowing for up to 6,500 total respondents annually.
Name | Description | Size | Type | Posted |
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Solicitation.pdf | 481KB | 11/18/25 | ||
Survey Scripts and Questions.pdf | 195KB | 11/18/25 | ||
Amendment 1.pdf | 511KB | 11/18/25 |