Early Learning, Inc. Accreditation Initiative

City of Jacksonville, Florida is issuing a single-source purchase order for the Early Learning, Inc. Accreditation Initiative, a program to increase access to high-quality childcare services through national accreditation and business leadership training, with responses due August 13, 2026 at 10:22 a.m.

This is a sole-source procurement with no competitive element. The scope covers accreditation services and business leadership institute training for childcare centers and home daycare providers. Place of performance is 1095 A Philip Randolph Boulevard, Jacksonville, Florida 32206.

The procurement falls under child care services (NAICS 952.18). The buyer of record is Olive Wallace Cohen. Protest procedures are governed by City of Jacksonville Procurement Protest Procedures effective July 1, 2024; protests of solicitation documents must be filed within ten business days of posting, and protests of award recommendations within forty-eight hours of posting or written notification of award, submitted to the Chief of Procurement at 214 N. Hogan Street, 8th floor, Jacksonville, Florida 32202, via hand delivery, mail, or email to dustinf@coj.net.