# Utah Public Procurement Place U3P #USBE-MH27120-SS

Utah State Board of Education proposes statewide ACT assessment and reporting services

**Posted:** November 04, 2026
**Respond By:** November 13, 2026
**Identifier:** USBE-MH27120-SS
**NAICS:** 611710

The Utah State Board of Education is proposing a sole-source purchase of ACT college-readiness assessment services for Utah junior students.
- **Government buyer:** Utah State Board of Education (USBE); no sub-agency or office is identified.
- **OEM and named organizations:** **ACT, Inc.** is the proposed assessment provider and owner; the attachments also identify **ACT Education Corp.** The notice also names **Educational Testing Service (ETS)** in its market-research discussion.
- **Products and services:** ACT College Readiness Assessment for all junior students, with electronic and paper-based testing, individual student reports, and school-, LEA-, and state-level reporting. No part number or student quantity is specified.
- **Requirement rationale:** Utah law calls for the college-readiness 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 at four Utah universities.
- **Procurement status and value:** Proposed sole-source contract; estimated value is $10,505,000. The notice seeks documented challenges to the proposed source, not bids or proposals.
- **Performance period:** Five-year term with renewal options for an additional five years.

### 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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