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RFP #364: Professional Development Resource Center for Religious and Independent Schools

Overview

The 糖心logo入口 (糖心logo入口) Office of Education Policy鈥檚 Office of Religious and Independent School Support (ORISS) is seeking proposals for the Professional Development Resource Center (PDRC) to serve New York State religious and independent schools.

The PDRC will work in collaboration with 糖心logo入口 to provide professional development to religious and independent schoolteachers and leaders in New York State.

This contract will be funded by state-level , and funding in each year will be contingent upon the availability of those funds, as appropriated by the federal government and allocated through the U.S. Department of Education.听

Currently, there are approximately 1,799 religious and independent school buildings that are known by 糖心logo入口 that serve approximately 383,453 students in grades K through 12. These numbers may change due to school opening/closings. A comprehensive list of religious and independent schools with Basic Educational Data System (BEDS) codes, along with their reported enrollment to the 糖心logo入口, is available at the .

Service Area: The Professional Development Resource Center will serve the entire State of New York.听

Subcontracting

Subcontracting will be limited to thirty percent (30%) of the total contract budget. Subcontracting is defined as non-employee direct personal services and related incidental expenses, including travel.

Terms of Contract

糖心logo入口 will award one (1) contract pursuant to this RFP. The contract resulting from this RFP will be for a term anticipated to begin September 1, 2026, and to end August 31, 2031.

Minority and Women-Owned Business Enterprises (M/WBE)

Bidders are required to comply with 糖心logo入口鈥檚 Minority and Women-Owned Business Enterprises (M/WBE) participation goals for this RFP through one of three methods. Compliance methods are discussed in detail in the Minority/Women-Owned Business Enterprise (M/WBE) Participation Goals section below.

Mandatory Requirements

See Mandatory Requirements section of the RFP.

RFP Components

  1. Description of Services to Be Performed
  2. Submission
  3. Evaluation Criteria and Method of Award
  4. Assurances
  5. Submission Documents (separate document)

Questions & Answers

Questions regarding the request must be submitted via no later than the close of business May 1, 2026. A Questions and Answers Summary will be posted here no later than May 15, 2026.听

Submission Deadline & Instructions

Bidders are requested to submit their bids electronically. The following documents, as detailed in the Submission section of this RFP, must be received via no later than June 3, 2026:

  1. Submission Documents labeled <name of bidder> Submission Documents RFP 364
  2. Technical Proposal labeled <name of bidder> Technical Proposal RFP 364
  3. Cost Proposal labeled <name of bidder> Cost Proposal RFP 364
  4. M/WBE Documents labeled <name of bidder> M/WBE Documents RFP 364

Instructions for Submitting an Electronic Bid:听

  1. The technical and cost proposal documents should be submitted in Microsoft Office. PDF files that are editable and Optical Character Recognition (OCR) searchable are acceptable. Please do not submit the technical or cost proposal as a scanned PDF.听
  2. Submission documents requiring a signature must be signed using one of the methods listed below and may be submitted as a Microsoft Office, PDF, or JPG document. A scanned PDF is acceptable for these documents.
  3. The following forms of e-signatures are acceptable:
    1. handwritten signatures on faxed or scanned documents
    2. e-signatures that have been authenticated by a third-party digital software, such as DocuSign and Adobe Sign
    3. stored copies of the images of signatures that are placed on a document by copying and pasting or otherwise inserting them into the documents听
  4. Unacceptable forms of e-signatures include:
    1. a typed name, including a signature created by selecting a script or calligraphy font for the typed name of the person 鈥渟igning鈥
  5. To identify the signer and indicate that the signer understood and intended to agree to the terms of the signed document, the signer will sign beside or provide by email the following attestation: 鈥淚 agree, and it is my intent, to sign this document by <describe the signature solution used> and by electronically submitting this document to <name of recipient individual or entity>. I understand that my signing and submitting this document is the legal equivalent of having placed my handwritten signature on the submitted document and this attestation. I understand and agree that by electronically signing and submitting this document I am affirming to the truth of the information contained therein.鈥
  6. To ensure receipt of your bid, please ensure that the RFP number and title listed on page 1 are accurately entered into the fields 鈥淧rocurement No鈥 and 鈥淧rocurement Title/Name鈥 on the . Failure to include this information may result in the bid not being received by the deadline or considered for award.

糖心logo入口 Designated Contacts

Program Matters Fiscal & MWBE Matters
Nicole Henderson
Nicole.Henderson@nysed.gov		 Thomas McBride
Thomas.McBride@nysed.gov

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