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OTHER AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS
Early Learning Coalition of Okaloosa & Walton Counties

Early Learning and Early Education Services

The School Readiness Coalition of Okaloosa and Walton Counties, Inc., d/b/a Early Learning Coalition of Okaloosa and Walton Counties announces the following Request for Proposals (RFP) to which all persons are invited to bid.

The Early Learning Coalition is soliciting competitive sealed proposals from organizations or agencies to provide:

1.School Readiness Services (funded through federal, state and local allocations);

2.Quality Services (funded through federal, state and local allocations), and

3.Voluntary Pre-kindergarten Services (funded through State of Florida allocations).

Services will be required to be delivered as a unit for January 1, 2014 through June 30, 2014, and as a unit for 2014-2015 Fiscal Year (July 1st through June 30th). The two units should be priced according to time frame of the service delivery period, with appropriate components in the half year versus the full year portions of any proposal. January 1, 2014 through June 30, 2014 is the primary delivery period of services covered by the RFP; while July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015 will be considered the renewal of the six (6) month award for the subsequent twelve-month period for the successful bidder.

School Readiness Legislation and Voluntary Pre-kindergarten Legislation requires specific services be delivered in the Coalition’s service area including Eligibility/Enrollment, Provider Payments, Parent and Child Services, Provider Recruitment and Development, Procurement of Local Match, Monitoring and Assistance, Curriculum Support, and Assessments of Early Childhood programs and Voluntary Pre-kindergarten children.

Additional services may be included in the RFP. A bidder’s Conference is not anticipated.

This Request for Proposals will be available for distribution on or about August 28, 2013. The deadline for Letter of Intent to Bid is September 9, 2013. The deadline for receipt of proposals is noon (local time) on November 12, 2013. Successful bidder’s contract begins January 1, 2014, pending evaluations of bids and proposal selection.

Write for or pick up a copy of the RFP at the following address: Michael Yeager, Assistant Director, Early Learning Coalition of Okaloosa and Walton Counties, 2018 Lewis Turner Blvd., Suite C, Fort Walton Beach, FL 32547. Phone: [phone], fax: [phone].