Utah Public Procurement Place U3P #USBE-MH27120-SS

Statewide ACT College Readiness Assessment and reporting for Utah students

The Utah State Board of Education is proposing a sole-source contract for statewide ACT college-readiness testing and reporting. - Government buyer: Utah State Board of Education (USBE); no sub-agency or office is identified. - Proposed OEM and vendor: ACT, Inc. The supporting letter also identifies the company as ACT Education Corp. Educational Testing Service (ETS) is mentioned in the notice’s market-research discussion, but is not identified as the proposed contractor. - Requested assessment: ACT College Readiness Assessment for all junior students, with electronic and paper-based delivery. No quantity or part number is provided. - Services: Assessment administration and individual student reporting, plus reports for schools, local education agencies (LEAs), and the state. No service quantity or part number is provided. - Sole-source rationale: USBE identifies ACT as the assessment most commonly submitted to Utah universities. Supporting statistics report that ACT accounted for 83.7% of ACT score reports sent to Utah locations and 81.5% of ACT and SAT scores submitted to four Utah universities. - Estimated contract value: $10,505,000. - Performance term: Five years, with renewal options for an additional five years; start and end dates are not specified.

Description

The Utah State Board of Education intends to award a contract without a standard procurement process for administration of the ACT College Readiness Assessment to all junior students. The procurement includes electronic and paper-based assessment delivery, individual student reports, and school, LEA, and state-level reports. USBE identifies ACT, Inc. as the proposed vendor and states that the assessment is required under Utah law and is available only from ACT. The notice invites qualified vendors to submit documented challenges; it is not a request for proposals, bids, or quotes.

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