Public impact proposes this scope of work to provide carlsbad municipal schools technical assistance and professional learning to design and implement opportunity culture staffing models. District leaders and schools will benefit from tools and lessons LE

Carlsbad Municipal School District in Doña Ana County, New Mexico is seeking professional services through a sole source procurement to implement the Opportunity Culture staffing model during the 2026-27 school year. The procuring agency intends to contract with Public Impact, the developer and owner of the proprietary Opportunity Culture model, to provide technical assistance and professional learning across nine implementing schools. Deliverables and services include continuous consultation, two in-person site visits with three consultants, access to an online portal for professional learning and school design resources, validation feedback rounds for six schools, and expert analysis of educator survey results. Key objectives include designing and implementing staffing models that align with five core principles while providing district leaders and schools with tools and lessons learned. The contract term runs from July 2026 through June 2027, with the portal subscription extending through August 15, 2027. The posting date was May 7, 2026, with a due date of June 4, 2026, and a fifteen-calendar-day protest period for any party wishing to challenge the sole source determination. The sole source designation requires a thirty-calendar-day posting period without challenge before final approval by the State Purchasing Agent or the Secretary of the General Services Department.

This is a sole source procurement restricted to Public Impact as the sole qualified vendor capable of providing implementation services for the proprietary Opportunity Culture staffing model. No set-asides or disadvantaged enterprise designations are indicated in the procurement documents. The district has established specific requirements for successful contract execution, including ensuring educator access to portal accounts, providing staff email addresses within sixty days of contract execution with quarterly updates, sharing data to monitor initiative success, engaging in the design process consistent with established core principles, assigning a point person to oversee the work, and providing schools with budget flexibility to reallocate funds within existing budgets to support staffing plans. The total contract value is $130,056 excluding tax, with estimated tax of $9,618.88, bringing the total estimated cost to approximately $139,674.88. The fee structure includes $900 for portal access for three schools, $57,295 for ongoing consultation services, $14,160 for one in-person trip with three consultants, $956 for educator survey expert reports, $38,940 for validation feedback rounds for six schools, and $17,508 for travel expenses, with Public Impact's pricing including an 18% operations administrative fee.