Nationally-normed College Entrance Exam for Third-Year Cohort Students

The state of Nebraska is seeking a procurement for a Nationally-normed and widely-accepted standardized off-the-shelf College Entrance Exam to be administered to Third-Year Cohort students in the Spring of 2027. The solicitation, posted on September 26, 2025, with proposals due by October 28, 2025, requires vendors to provide a comprehensive assessment service that includes project planning, assessment design, administration, technology platforms, scoring, data reporting, psychometric analysis, validation, operational support, professional development, and customer service. The primary deliverable is a standardized college entrance exam tailored for third-year students, with specific requirements for national normalization and wide acceptance in educational testing circles. The procurement appears to be a multi-year contract, as evidenced by the cost sheet template that allows for pricing across five project years. Vendors will be expected to complete a detailed cost breakdown, demonstrating their ability to provide a complete testing solution that meets the state's educational assessment needs.

While specific set-aside designations or disadvantaged enterprise requirements are not explicitly outlined in the provided documentation, the procurement seems designed to be open to qualified educational testing providers with proven track records in standardized assessment development. The cost sheet indicates flexibility for vendors to propose optional supports and enhancements, suggesting a competitive bidding environment that welcomes comprehensive and innovative solutions. The attached cost sheet, while initially showing $0.00 for line items, is structured to capture detailed pricing across multiple project dimensions, indicating potential significant contract value. No specific incumbent vendors or existing infrastructure constraints are mentioned in the available documentation. The multi-year nature of the contract and the comprehensive scope of services suggest this could be a substantial procurement with potential annual values likely ranging from several hundred thousand to potentially over a million dollars, depending on the scale of implementation across Nebraska's educational institutions.