Pennsylvania Department of Education



Pennsylvania Department of Education

Request for Information

Kindergarten Assessment System

January 22, 2010

The Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) is requesting information from all interested parties who have the ability and interest to provide a Kindergarten Assessment System, including software.

The Office of Child Development and Early Learning is considering a move to assessing Kindergarten students in a range of domains of skill that would include math, literacy, and social-emotional development. The PA Department of Education is seeking information on available systems and products that are research-based, reliable, valid, well tested over time and in wide use either nationally or internationally. It is estimated that roughly 100,000 kindergarten students could be tested annually.

General Instructions for Filling Out the RFI

1. Enter your responses directly adjacent to or below each question.

2. Answer each question as thoroughly as possible.

3. No bids or prices are required at this time. We are only trying to ascertain the ability of each supplier to provide the requested service. If the PA Department of Education determines it will proceed with this project, a formal bid request will be forwarded and posted either as a Request for Quote to suppliers registered on the Commonwealth’s Information Technology/ Invitation To Qualify (IT/ITQ) contract or as a Request for Proposal at the Commonwealth’s eMarketplace website ( ) at a later date.

If you have not already done so, you are encouraged to visit this website to register both as an entity who could do business with the Commonwealth and for our IT/ITQ contract. All suppliers who do business with the Commonwealth are assigned an individual identification number to be used in our electronic procurement system and to allow direct payments.

Suppliers who register on the IT/ITQ contract have prequalified for various types of information technology categories and would be solicited by Commonwealth agencies for those types of procurements. For specific questions about the IT/ITQ contract, please contact Donald Bauer at dbauer@state.pa.us of by calling (717) 787-4719.

4. Any questions pertaining to the completion of this RFI should be directed to Lawanza Poteat, PDE Purchasing Supervisor at 717-787-8037 or email questions at lpoteat@state.pa.us

5. The completed RFI should be emailed to Lawanza Poteat by close of business Tuesday, February 2, 2010 at lpoteat@state.pa.us

Supplier Contact Information

Please provide contact information for one person responsible for coordinating your responses during this entire process, including the RFI, and later, the RFP or RFQ.

1. Name of contact:

2. Contact's title:

3. Telephone number:

4. Fax number:

5. Email address:

6. Mailing address:

7. Country:

Company Overview

1. Company name:

2. Company HQ address:

3. Company web-site address:

4. Primary type of business:

5. How many years has your company offered a Kindergarten assessment tool?

6. Number of fulltime employees (FT) and part-time employees (PT):

7. Annual revenues (US$):

8. Is your company publicly held?

9. Parent company name (if applicable):

10. Parent company web-site address:

11. Is your company registered to do business in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania?

12. Is your company registered and certified in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as an Enterprise Zone Small Business?

13. Is your company registered and certified in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as a Woman or Minority Owned Business?

14. If your product is a software tool, is training on the product included in any licensing fee?

15. Does your system generate assessment reports of individual and classroom outcomes for teacher use in curriculum planning and parent discussions?

16. Is your company bonded or insured?

Capabilities Assessment

1. Are you able to provide service statewide in Pennsylvania?

2. List any prior experience serving any government entity and/or educational units with your assessment system or tool(s).

3. Are you able to provide references for prior experience? If yes, please identify.

4. Do you currently provide software or an electronic system to any states for the purpose of Kindergarten assessment? If so, please identify which states:

5. Do you currently provide a paper system to any states for the purpose of Kindergarten assessment? If so, please identify which states:

6. Does your system allow electronic reporting by schools for Kindergarten assessment?

7. Is your assessment testing developmentally appropriate for Kindergarten classroom use?

8. Please identify your software or other assessment tool(s) by product name:

9. Please provide any other information that you deem useful.

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