North Carolina eVP #68-RFP-EDTECH-2026-01

Educational technology solution for student engagement and authentic assessment

Project Kitty Hawk is seeking an educational technology solution to support student engagement, learning evidence, and authentic assessment at North Carolina public universities. - Buyer: UNC System Office; the RFP is issued by Project Kitty Hawk, Inc. (PKH), through its Learning Experience and Design Team. - OEMs and named vendors: No solution manufacturers or vendors are named. Canvas is identified as PKH’s enterprise learning management system. - Requested solution: An educational technology tool or integrated solution for one or more areas, including adaptive practice, writing and revision, competency mapping, peer discussion and review, collaborative annotation, team problem-solving, contribution tracking, video assessment, branching simulations, virtual labs, creative critique, and practicum or fieldwork documentation. No part numbers or quantities are specified. - Reporting and implementation services: Program-level outcome reporting, student progress dashboards, faculty and administrator analytics, standard-format data exports, implementation and onboarding, training for faculty, students, and administrators, ongoing technical support with defined SLAs, and a product-development roadmap informed by institutional partners. - Key requirements: Must work with PKH’s enterprise Canvas environment and keep data separated among institution-specific sub-accounts. Proposals should describe LTI, API, and SSO integration; demonstrate FERPA-compliant data practices, WCAG 2.1 Level AA or higher accessibility, and SOC 2 or equivalent security certification. AI detection must not be the solution’s primary value proposition. - Vendor qualifications and proposal content: Vendors must have at least three years of educational technology operations and provide references from three active higher-education institution customers. Proposals should include itemized pricing and an implementation plan.

Description

Project Kitty Hawk seeks proposals for an educational technology solution to advance student engagement, help students communicate their learning and competencies, and support authentic assessment in higher education while addressing AI in academic environments. Vendors may propose tools covering one or more service areas, including learning-outcome practice, authentic engagement, and asynchronous practice of in-person skills; coverage may be native or through documented integrations. The solution should also support reporting and analytics, implementation and training, technical support, data export, and FERPA-compliant data practices. Proposals are due October 30, 2026, at 4:00 PM EDT, and only vendors registered with North Carolina’s Electronic Vendor Portal may respond.

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