Proposals are in and are under review. A vendor is expected to be selected and the award made by the end of January, 2008.

The turn-out for the Middle School Math Pilot Project potential bidders conference on November 16th was incredible. There were more than 60 people representing 36 companies. Thanks goes to Richard Adickes, Arizona Department of Education Contracts person, who facilitated the meeting. His able panel of experts were Cathy J. Poplin Deputy Associate Superintendent for Educational Technology, and ADEi [0] consultants Hank Stabler and Ruth Catalano. They answer nearly two hours of probing questions.

The majority of the questions were about the hardware aspects of the RFP, the nature of the bidding team with one contact on one responsible party, and the numbers to be served. A couple of vendors commented that the RFP was well written. In two hours a few minor problems were uncovered. An amendment to the original RFP will be made based on the questions asked and will be presented at the December 18^th eLearningi [0] Taskforce meeting, 10-noon, 4^th floor of 1535 West Jefferson.

FIRST NOTICE - October 2007

After a long and difficult process the Arizona eLearning Task Force has just announced the release of their request for proposal (RFP) for the Middle School Math researchi [0] project.

Pre-Offer bidders conference was on November 16 at 9 am at the Arizona Department of Education office at 2005 North Central (at Palm Lane), Room 100.

From: Adickes, Richard [mailto:Richard.Adickes@azed.gov]
Sent: November 01, 2007 10:54 AM
Subject: RFP ED08-0020

The Arizona Department of Education desires to contract with a vendor to design, develop, and implement an e-learning pilot program to deliver digital middle school mathematics content aligned to Arizona State Academic Standards to selected schools. The goal of the e-Learning pilot program is to help schools achieve academic and motivational gains based on state and national standards.

There will be a pre-offer conference for this solicitation at 2005 N. Central Avenue, #100, Phoenix, AZ 85004 on November 16, 2007 at 9:00 A.M. Mountain Standard Time.

Proposals will be accepted until 3:00 p.m. M.S.T. on December 14, 2007 at the Arizona Department of Education, Procurement Section, 3rd Floor, 1535 West Jefferson Street, Phoenix, Arizona 85007.

A copy of the solicitation is attached. Interested parties may also download a copy of Request for Proposals number ED08-0020 from www.ade.az.gov/procurement/Opps [1], or contact Richard Adickes at (602) 542-4234 for more information or to obtain a printed copy of this request for proposal.

The RFP is also targeted to be up on http://www.ade.state.az.us/E-Learning/ [2] soon.

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