REQUEST FOR INFORMATION CAREER EDUCATION AND REAL-WORLD LEARNING ...

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION CAREER EDUCATION AND REAL-WORLD LEARNING SOFTWARE

RFI NO. 001-023

NOTICE The Liberty Public School District #53 (District or LPS) is seeking information regarding Career Education and Real-World Learning Software. Qualified organizations (Respondent) are invited to submit a response via email which contain the Respondent's entire submittal.

RESPONSES SHALL BE LABELED IN THE SUBJECT LINE "RFI - CAREER EDUCATION AND REAL-WORLD LEARNING SOFTWARE"

AND EMAILED TO: jason.breit@

SUBMITTALS MUST BE RECEIVED BY: 2:00 PM CST, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2022

Questions may be directed to Jason Breit, Director of Purchasing Email: jason.breit@ General District Information

PART 1: INTRODUCTION PURPOSE The Liberty Public School District #53 (District) is seeking information regarding available Career Education and RealWorld Learning Software.

District Mission: Inspire and equip all learners to discover their voice and unlimited potential. District Vision: A future-focused community with a passion for lifelong learning. Core Values: Excellence, Integrity, Collaboration, Innovation, Growth. For more information about the District, visit our website

INFORMATION ABOUT THE DISTRICT

Liberty Public Schools serves the residents of approximately 85 square miles in Clay County. Located just northeast of Kansas City, the school district serves more than 12,700 students in preschool through 12th grade. The district has seen rapid growth over the past 12 years; so much, in fact, that it has become one of the fastest growing school districts in the state. Our district is family-oriented and sees it's over 65,000 residents (30,000 in Liberty and 35,000 on the Kansas City side) of the community take pride in being neighborly and maintaining a hometown spirit. Growth in our community is planned and managed, from the historic downtown district and older homes on tree-lined streets, to the growing development on the community's western edge. In years past, CNN/Money Magazine recognized Liberty as one of the Best Places to Live. According to the magazine, the communities they selected offered, "the best combination of economic opportunity, good schools, safe streets, things to do, and a real sense of community." Liberty School District has 11 elementary schools, four middle schools, two high schools, an alternative secondary school, and an early childhood center. LPSD was recognized as a high performing school district for all 12 years the State of Missouri presented the Distinction in Performance Award, making it one of only 6% of Missouri districts to be placed in this category. Liberty Public Schools is fortunate to have such a supportive, caring community who values education and opportunities given to our learners.

Enrollment, September 2022

Early Childhood Center Elementary Middle School High School TOTAL

178 5,138 2,864 4,342 12,654

Total Staff

Administrative Staff Support Staff Teacher Staff TOTAL

79 806 937 1,822

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TIMELINE FOR PROCESS

These dates are estimates and are subject to change by Liberty Public Schools.

RFI Document Issued

Thursday, September 22, 2022

Virtual Pre-Proposal Meeting

Tuesday, October 13, 2022 at 2:00 PM CST

Vendor Questions due to District

Thursday, October 20, 2022 by 3:00 PM CST

Requests for Information Due

Thursday, October 27, 2022 at 2:00 PM CST

Review of RFI complete/RFP decision Thursday, November 10, 2022

RFI COORDINATOR/COMMUNICATIONS

Upon release of this RFI, all communications should be directed in email to the RFI Coordinator listed below. Unauthorized contact regarding this RFI with other LPS employees may result in disqualification. Any oral communication will be considered unofficial and non-binding to the School District.

RFI Coordinator

Name: Address:

Email: Office Phone:

Jason Breit, Director of Purchasing 801 Kent St. Liberty, MO 64068 jason.breit@ 816-736-5358

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PART II: SCOPE OF RESPONSE

RESPONSE

Liberty Public schools is seeking information about a career education and real-world learning software solution, collaboration, and assistance from qualified firms who can satisfactorily provide service and support in the following areas:

An online Career Education and Real-World Learning software solution. Reporting Systems training and professional development Commitment to work with Liberty Public Schools on improving career education data tracking and Real World

learning data tracking Data management Managing users, and workflows Implementation and ongoing support/management Technology ? applications, security, and backup Supplemental programs Other important areas

Requirements.

The solution shall provide at a minimum the following:

1. Internship tracking a. Can track hours (i.e. completed or for payroll purposes). b. Can track locations. c. Ability for businesses to approve hours. d. Ability for businesses to provide input for grading. e. Communicate easily with business, students, families and teachers. f. Ability to have tracking on phone for students

2. Transcripts a. Available after student graduates. b. Student/parent can send/request transcripts to the school of their choosing. c. FERPA compliance d. Ability to have students send transcripts from phone

3. Student Surveys a. Ability to survey all secondary students or subsets of students easily b. Ability to collate, analyze and present survey data c. Career inventory surveys

4. ICAP a. Accessible to parent and students b. Created in 8th grade can be "attached" to student all through High School and beyond c. Summary reports to track progress

5. Portfolio a. Unlimited or sufficient space for students to upload all support in PDF, Document, Picture and Video formats b. Ability for students to share their portfolio electronically. c. Available after student graduates d. Ability to export data

6. Market Value Asset (MVA) tracking a. College Credit/AP b. Entrepreneurial Experience c. Client Connected Project d. Credentials (i.e. IRC, certifications, etc.) e. Available after student graduates f. Approval Process for vetting completion of MVA

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g. Detailed reporting for completion of MVAs h. Ability to export data i. Ability to interface with PowerSchool SIS 7. Common Application Integration a. Share College and career opportunities to students and families b. Track student progress 8. Alumni tracking a. Ability to track student progress after graduation via surveys, NSC, etc. 9. Career Pathways 10. Badges a. Data workflow/approval process for issuing badges b. Available after student graduates c. Easily shared with school, business and other interested parties. d. Ability create and modify badges 11. Scholarship Database a. National scholarship list b. ability to enter local scholarship opportunities

SPECIFIC INFORMATION REQUESTED

1. Describe your product and specifically how it can improve tracking of career education and real world learning data.

2. Provide examples of product applications and empirical data, where available, data management was enhanced with the use of your product and any related systems.

3. With which Missouri districts does your company currently have contracts? How long has your company had a service contract with each of these districts? Please provide contact references.

4. Please provide details of the career education and real-world learning projects you have performed including what your company's role and responsibilities were in developing, implementing and maintaining.

5. How is installation of the components/devices handled by your company? For example, is installation performed directly by your company? Is it done by a third party? Or does the responsibility for installation fall upon the district?

6. Please describe warranty information on these components/devices and software that you provide.

7. Please describe the failover and/or redundancy capabilities that exist in your products?

8. What differentiates your products from your competitors' products?

9. Please describe the technical support and training that your company provides for your devices and software and any associated costs estimates.

10. Please provide a copy of your standard service agreement. Please include information on your standard response time for customer service issues.

11. Please describe in general terms the breakdown between one-time capital costs and on-going operational costs for the components and devices that have been listed this RFI.

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