Requests for Proposals
Requests for Proposals issued by the Department of Education in date order.
Adult Education Data System
The New Hampshire Department of Education's Bureau of Adult Education is seeking a vendor to provide a commercial-off-the-shelf, vendor-hosted, web-based adult education data system for its adult education subrecipients including those funded under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014. The system must be able to produce the federal reports required by the National Reporting System, the accountability system for the US Department of Education, Office of Career, Technical and Adult Education for the period starting July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2028 with the option to extend for an additional five years upon satisfactory performance and approval by the Governor and Executive Council.
Posted March 28. 2023
The deadline for submitted proposals is 4 p.m. on May 3, 2023.
Contact Sarah Wheeler at Sarah.L.Wheeler@doe.nh.gov
SLDS Data Warehouse Mapping to CEDS
RFP-DOE-2023-070
The Bureau of Educational Statistics within NHED is seeking a vendor to map its current SLDS (State Longitudinal Data System) data warehouse tables to a new CEDS (Common Educational Data Standards) data warehouse model as well as create the necessary ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) code to extract the data from the old databases to the new CEDS data model. The services will be delivered remotely by the vendor.
Posted March 6, 2023
The deadline for submitted proposals is 4 p.m. on March 31, 2023.
Contact James Kask at James.C.Kask@doe.nh.gov
State Systemic Improvement Plan (SSIP) Evaluator
RFP # SPED-2023-03
NHED's Bureau of Special Education Support is seeking proposals to provide them with the services of an evaluator to conduct the evaluation component of the State Systemic Improvement Plan (SSIP). The SSIP is a multi-year plan intended to increase the capacity of local school districts to improve literacy outcomes for children with disabilities and their families. The evaluator is responsible for developing various evaluation tools, collecting and analyzing data and developing reports to meet federal reporting requirements.
Posted Feb. 17, 2023
The deadline for submitted proposals is 4:00 p.m. on April 17, 2023.
Contact Mary Ellen Hamilton at maryellen.hamilton@doe.nh.gov
IEP Facilitation Program: NHED Team Facilitators
RFP-SPED-2023-02
NHED's Bureau of Special Education Support is seeking proposals for up to three individuals to serve as NH Special Education Team Facilitators. Facilitators are responsible for facilitating meetings in school districts in a variety of locations across the State as requested by the school district or a parent, and assigned by NHED's Bureau of Special Education Support.
Posted Feb. 10, 2023
The deadline for submitted proposals is 2:30 p.m. on April 10, 2023.
Contact Mary Ellen Hamilton at maryellen.hamilton@doe.nh.gov
Vocational Rehabilitation Nashua Regional Office
RFP-2023-VR-6
The New Hampshire Education Department, Bureau of Vocational Rehabilitation is seeing a space to lease in Nashua for the VR regional office.
Posted February 2, 2023
The deadline for submitted proposals is 4:00 p.m. on Friday, March 3, 2023.
Contact Lisa Hinson-Hatz at Lisa.K.Hatz@doe.nh.gov
Special Education Complaint Investigators
RFP-NHED-SPED-2023-01
The New Hampshire Department of Education's Governance Unit is seeking proposals from individuals to serve as New Hampshire Special Education Complaint Investigators, responsible for conducting special education complaint investigations across the state. Investigators are responsible for investigating alleged violations of special education law, which may include on-site visits and issuing a written report with recommendations to the commissioner.
Posted Jan. 30, 2023
The deadline for submitted proposals is 4 p.m. on February 20, 2023
The Department received one proposal.
Contact Natasha Lupiani at Natasha.K.Lupiani@doe.nh.gov, and cc: MaryEllen.Hamilton@doe.nh.gov
Summer Transition 2023
RFP-2023-VR-5
The New Hampshire Education Department, Bureau of Vocational Rehabilitation, is seeking proposals from qualified entities to develop, market, and provide summer or year-round services for Pre-Employment Transition Programming to groups of eligible and potentially eligible Student with Disabilities; beginning at age 14 and up to their 22nd birthday.
Posted January 9, 2023
The deadline for submitted proposals is 4:30 p.m. on February 9, 2023.
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Contact Susan Roma Susan.S.Roma@doe.nh.gov or Christine Langille-Lewis Christine.A.Langille-Lewis@doe.nh.gov
Hearing Officer and Alternative Dispute Resolution Officer
RFP-2023-NHED-GOV-1
The New Hampshire Department of Education, through the Governance Unit, is soliciting competitive sealed proposals from qualified vendors to serve as hearing officers. Appointment of hearing officers is a statutory requirement of administrative agencies. It is anticipated that services will be provided under contracted service arrangements, upon Governor and Council approval through June 30, 2025, with an option to renew for an additional two-year term.
Posted December 15, 2022
The deadline for submitted proposals is 4 p.m. on January 25, 2023
The Department received five proposals.
Contact Stephen Berwick at stephen.w.berwick@doe.nh.gov
Vendor Management Project
RFP-2023-VR-4
The NH Department of Education (NHED), Bureau of Vocational Rehabilitation (VRNH), is seeking proposals from qualified entities to design and develop a comprehensive system for vendor management for the bureau. The contract should also include training and implementation documents, checklists, policies, procedures, and instructions for VR staff to implement the program for the bureau.
Posted November 8, 2022
The deadline for submitted proposals is November 28, 2022
Contact Lisa Hatz at Lisa.K.Hatz@doe.nh.gov
Vocational Rehabilitation Strategic Planning
RFP-2023-VR-3
The New Hampshire Department of Education, Bureau of Vocational Rehabilitation seeks proposals from qualified strategic planning firms or contractors/vendors to lead the bureau through a comprehensive strategic planning process in 2023. This process will define the future of the bureau's work and enhance the dua missions of the bureau: assisting individuals with disabilities in obtaining and maintaining competitive, integrated employment and assisting business partners with services to meet their workforce needs.
Posted October 26, 2022
The deadline for submitted proposals is December 9, 2022
Contact: Lisa Hatz at Lisa.K.Hatz@doe.nh.gov and Christine.A.Langille-Lewis@doe.nh.gov and Bill Gaffney at William.G.Gaffney@doe.nh.gov
High School Equivalency Testing Services
RFP-2023-034-NHED
The Bureau of Adult Education is seeking proposals from qualified entities to provide high school equivalency testing services including a nationally recognized exam based on the College & Career Readiness Standards for Adult Education and designed to test candidates to demonstrate competencies equivalent to a high school graduate as a part of the Adult High School Education Program established under RSA 186:61.
Posted Sept. 14, 2022
The deadline for submitted proposals is 4:00 p.m. on Oct. 14, 2022
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Contact: Sarah Wheeler at Sarah.L.Wheeler@doe.nh.gov
IEP Facilitation Program: NHED Team Facilitators
RFP-NHED-SPED-2022-5
The Bureau of Special Education Support is seeking proposals for up to three individuals to serve as New Hampshire Special Education Team Facilitators. Facilitators are responsible for facilitating meetings in school districts in a variety of locations across the state as requested by the school district or a parent, and assigned by NHED's Bureau of Special Education Support. Facilitators are responsible to structuring the special education meeting, establishing goals of the meeting, helping to identify the issues in the dispute, specifying the next steps and more.
Posted Sept. 9, 2022
The deadline for submitted proposals is Oct. 17, 2022
One proposal was received.
Contact: Penny Duffy at penny.f.duffy@doe.nh.gov
Training for Bureau of Vocational Rehabilitation
RFP 2023-VR-2
The New Hampshire Bureau of Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) is seeking proposals for professional services to contract with a vendor to develop a multi-faceted training curriculum to support Vocational Rehabilitation Counselors’ (VRC) engagement with participants from initial assessment to development of the Individualized Plan for Employment (IPE). The training should align with VR’s current policies and provide a robust training utilizing current VR identified tools and vendor recommended tools; to support VRC’s effort to encourage and facilitate participants as they work towards determining a career goal.
Posted Aug. 8, 2022
The deadline for submitted proposals is Sept. 22, 2022
Contact: Lisa Hatz at lisa.k.hatz@doe.nh.gov and William Gaffney william.g.gaffney@doe.nh.gov
Vendor Management Project
RFP VR-2023-1
The NH Department of Education (NHED), Bureau of Vocational Rehabilitation is seeking proposals from qualified entities to design and develop a comprehensive system for vendor management for the bureau. The selected vendor will provide training and implementation documents, checklists, policies, procedures, and instructions to implement the program for the bureau.
Posted July 22, 2022
The deadline for submitted proposals is 4:30 p.m. September 2, 2022
Contact: Lisa Hinson-Hatz at Lisa.K.Hatz@doe.nh.gov
The above RFP has been cancelled.
In School and 21st CCLC Afterschool: Project Design and Evaluation
RFP 2022-NHED-Project Design and Evaluation-01
The New Hampshire Department of Education (NHED) Division of Learner Support is soliciting competitive sealed proposals from qualified Vendors to provide an annual Comprehensive Statewide Evaluation report for the Nita M. Lowey 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC) Office, 21st CCLC sub-grantee technical assistance for evaluation, as well as data, metrics, outcomes, and performance measures professional development to the Office of ESEA Title Programs. The purpose of these services is to provide support to ensure NHED performance standards are upheld.
Posted May 26, 2022
The deadline for submitted proposals is 4:00 p.m. June 9, 2022
Four proposals were received.
Contact: Emily Fabian at Emily.A.Fabian@doe.nh.gov
Greater New England Blindness and Employment Conference
RFP VR-2022-4
Services for the Blind and Vision Impaired (SBVI) will be sponsoring a two-day conference addressing issues of blindness adjustment, training, employment issues, access technology, and motivational strategies calculated to encourage and inspire conference participants in coming to understand that blindness or vision loss need have minimal limits on what a person who is blind or has low vision may accomplish. We envision this conference occurring during National Blindness Awareness Month, October 2022, preferably around October 15th. The contractor would serve as the onsite point person, and behind the scenes logistical administrator, throughout the conference.
Posted May 18, 2022
The deadline for submitted proposals is 4:30 p.m. June 24, 2022.
Contact: Daniel B. Frye, Daniel.B.Frye@doe.nh.gov
Closed Proposals
Per RSA 21-G:37 Financial Information Regarding Requests for Bids or Requests for Proposals, the agency will post, on its website, the number of proposals that it received from vendors.