27IMESK1 | English Learners with Disabilities Guidance and Resource Revision | RFR

DESE is seeking to contract with an experienced vendor to update and revise the existing guidance for ELSwD students to best serve English Learners with disabilities (ELSwD) students by aligning the guidance revisions with all federal and state laws, regulations, and legislation (specifically the Protect Education Equity Act) as well as the recently completed ELSwD research project.

**Submission method:** All responses must be submitted through COMMBUYS. Bidders must register and maintain an active COMMBUYS Seller account to respond to a Bid.

Bidders' Quotes made in response to this Bid must remain in effect for at least **90 days** from the date of quote submission.

The minimum acceptable Total SDP Commitment in response to this solicitation shall be 1%. Bidders shall be awarded additional evaluation points for higher SDP Commitments. At least 25% of the total available evaluation points for this bid solicitation shall be allocated to the evaluation of the SDP Plan submissions.

The Strategic Sourcing Services Team or SSST may select the response(s) which demonstrates the best value overall, including proposed alternatives that will achieve the procurement goals of the department.