The new mexico public education department (NMPED), through its college and career readiness bureau (CCRB), seeks to sustain and enhance statewide technical assistance for new mexico’s early college high school (ECHS) programs during the 2026–2027 school

The New Mexico Public Education Department's College and Career Readiness Bureau is seeking to sustain and enhance statewide technical assistance for New Mexico's Early College High School programs during the 2026–2027 school year, with proposals due September 2, 2026. This is a sole-source procurement with Pathway2Careers (dba NS4ed, LLC) as the named contractor.

The scope encompasses five service categories: universal school support services including monthly newsletters, Canvas learning management system maintenance, resource center website updates, and annual on-site visits to 23 ECHS campuses; professional development and community supports including monthly professional learning community meetings, biannual statewide convenings, student virtual events, and webinars on application and redesignation processes; development of collateral resources including updated designation and redesignation applications, an ECHS toolkit, foundational ECHS 101 documentation, and student recruitment support materials; and comprehensive evaluation and reporting including application reviews, data dashboard maintenance, annual student voice surveys, impact reports, and fact sheets.

The contract value is $300,000 for the 2026–2027 school year with no renewal options. The contract term is one year. Pathway2Careers holds an eight-year incumbent relationship with NMPED and operates proprietary platforms including the New Mexico ECHS Resource Center website (echs-nm.com) and the NMPED Canvas ECHS learning management system. The sole-source justification rests on Pathway2Careers' ownership of proprietary platforms, custodianship of multi-year longitudinal ECHS datasets, established relationships with all designated ECHS sites and their higher education partners, and institutional knowledge that cannot be transferred to another provider. Funding flows through an Intergovernmental Agreement (#27-924-00096) between NMPED and High Plains Regional Education Cooperative #3. The Chief Procurement Officer and Agency Head approved the procurement on July 31 and August 3, 2026, respectively.