REQUESTING BIDS FOR FURNISHING INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS TO THE STATE OF FLORIDA
Sealed bids addressed to the Florida Department of Education and marked “Sealed Bid” will be received no later than 5:00 p.m. (EDT), June 9, 2017.
Bids shall include proposals for furnishing instructional materials effective April 1, 2018, for a period of five years in the area of Science K-12. Materials bid for adoption must meet the criteria established in the specifications and the policies and procedures available by accessing the Department of Education website at http://www.fldoe.org/academics/standards/instructional-materials or from the Instructional Materials Office, Room 432 Turlington Building, 325 West Gaines Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0400. The bid shall state the lowest wholesale price at which the materials will be furnished as of April 1, 2018, when the contract period begins.
Each bidder shall furnish digital or electronic samples of required materials submitted, at a time designated by the Department of Education, which samples shall be identical with the digital or electronic samples approved and accepted by the state instructional materials reviewers as provided in Section 1006.38(2), Florida Statutes.
The digital or electronic instructional materials bid for adoption must be interoperable on commonly available mobile and desktop digital devices, using industry standard protocols such as EPUB or IMS Learning Tools. The digital instructional materials must be accessible through a school districts’ digital learning and technology infrastructure as defined in their digital classrooms plan pursuant to section 1011.62(12), Florida Statutes. Publishers are encouraged to provide digital materials that comply with IMS global standards, including the Learning Information Services specifications, in order to ensure interoperability with a wide variety of platforms.
Contracts must be executed and required bonds submitted within 30 calendar days after receipt of the contract.
The Department of Education reserves the right to reject any or all bids.
