# Texas DIR/ESBD #701-26-015

Statewide Bond Transparency Database design and operation for Texas education entities

**Posted:** November 05, 2026
**Respond By:** December 08, 2026
**Identifier:** 701-26-015
**NAICS:** 541511, 518210, 541512

The Texas Education Agency is seeking a provider to build and operate a statewide Bond Transparency Database for public education entities.
- **Government buyer:** Texas Education Agency (TEA), Contracts and Purchasing Division; statewide scope.
- **Requested service:** Design, develop, implement, host, and operate a database and public website covering bonds, maintenance taxes, elections, and capital projects for approximately 1,208 school districts and charter schools. No product quantities or part numbers are specified.
- **Core functions:** Secure authenticated data submission, validation, public search and mapping, geographic and historical reporting, correction proposals, spreadsheet/CSV uploads, data-quality monitoring, and interoperability with state financial reporting systems.
- **Delivery milestones:** Requirements and data dictionary; pilot with 6–10 districts/charters; statewide launch. Each milestone requires TEA review and acceptance.
- **Notable requirements:** WCAG 2.1 Level AA accessibility; applicable Texas security, hosting, and TX-RAMP requirements; 99.9% production uptime; defined response-time and support targets; daily backups, disaster recovery, data portability, testing, training, knowledge transfer, and ongoing customer support. TEA retains ownership of data and project-produced software and documentation.
- **OEMs and vendors:** No database OEM or implementation vendor is designated. Euna Procurement (Bonfire) is the response portal, not the database OEM. Named tools or examples include Jira, Confluence, Zephyr Scale, Tempo, Microsoft 365, Bitbucket, Idera ER/Studio, Prettier, and ESLint; they are not separately requested purchases. The technical requirements also reference OWASP ASVS, OWASP ZAP, and PHP.
- **Estimated value:** Approximately $7.5 million. The contract covers five state fiscal years from execution or an agreed start; post-launch analytics, fixes, and feedback work includes a 90-day period.

### Description

The Texas Education Agency is seeking responses to design, develop, implement, and operate a statewide Bond Transparency Database. The database will collect, validate, and publicly display information about school district and open-enrollment charter school bonds, maintenance taxes, capital projects, and related elections, as required by Texas Education Code §45.114 (SB 843, 89th Legislature). The solution must provide secure data submission, robust reporting, and public transparency, and be interoperable with other state financial reporting systems. Responses are due December 8, 2026, at 2:00 p.m. Central Time.

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