Professional Leadership Course Training

The Railroad Commission of Texas Operations Division is soliciting bids through Invitation for Informal and Formal Bid (IFB #455-26-1024) for the development and delivery of professional leadership course training in the form of self-paced, asynchronous eLearning courses. The procurement seeks a qualified vendor to provide approximately 21 individual courses across five primary topic areas: Business Communications, Leadership, Business Management & Finance, Human Resources, and Project Management, with specific courses including "Becoming a Powerful Leader," "Building High-Performing Teams," "Managing Time and Priorities," and "Finance and Accounting Principles." The vendor must facilitate 100 online course enrollments per year, totaling 400 enrollments over the initial one-year contract term, which runs from the last party's signature through December 31, 2026, with three additional optional one-year renewal periods. Key deliverables include providing a dashboard or portal for Railroad Commission administrative access to manage course enrollments, technical support, and certificates of completion for all course participants. Required qualifications mandate that the bidder possess at least three years of experience delivering professional online training, demonstrated ability to provide virtual training, and evidence of similar services provided to government agencies, higher education, or corporate organizations within the past three years, with instructors possessing a minimum of three years of teaching or training experience and subject-matter expertise in relevant course topics. The vendor must be recognized by one of seven specified Public Institutions of Higher Education Accrediting Organizations: the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (ACCJC), Higher Learning Commission (HLC), Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE), New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE), Northwest Commission of Colleges and Universities (NWCCU), Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC), or Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) Senior College and University Commission. The deadline for written inquiries is February 18, 2026, at 2:00 PM Central Time, with responses posted on February 19, 2026, and bid responses due by February 25, 2026, at 2:00 PM Central Time; the estimated award date is March 2, 2026.

The solicitation does not indicate any specific set-aside designations or restrictions on organization types; however, it explicitly states that Texas Workforce Commission recognition is not acceptable for meeting the accrediting organization requirement. No incumbent vendors or current contractors are identified in the available documentation. Vendors must submit pricing on a per-student enrollment per-year basis and provide all labor, materials, and services necessary for delivery, with all pricing remaining valid for 30 days. The contract is contingent upon continued availability of funding, and no existing course materials or multimedia requirements are specified, nor are extensions to the contract timeline anticipated. Specific budget ranges or award values are not listed in the procurement documents; rather, pricing is to be competitively bid based on the 100 course enrollments per year requirement. All vendors must comply with Railroad Commission Standard Terms and Conditions, which include comprehensive requirements regarding insurance, indemnification, confidentiality, conflict of interest disclosures, E-Verify verification, and various state certifications and compliance obligations.