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K-5 LITERACY: Core, Strategic & Assessment Resources

Department of Defense · Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) · DOD EDUCATION ACTIVITY
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Solicitation details

Solicitation number
HE125427RFI0001
Notice type
Sources Sought
NAICS
Set-aside
Unrestricted
Posted
2026-10-14
Response deadline
Oct 16, 2027, 5:00 PM UTC
Place of performance
Alexandria, VA
Contracting contact
kevin.cruz@dodea.edu

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Statement of work, as posted

The Department of War Education Activity (DoWEA) seeks information on how an interested contractor could provide commercial off-the-shelf (COTS), print and digital core instruction, strategic instruction and assessment resources for students, classroom teachers and above-school-level subject matter experts (SMEs) as well as related professional learning, correlations to standards, and technical support. In addition, DoWEA requires a literacy proficiency tool to measure student literacy skills and monitor student progress. DoWEA prefers to make one award but may make an award for the K-5 core resources and one for K-5 strategic resources. The solicitation will be posted on SAM.gov in the September-October timeframe. The anticipated period of performance is April 5, 2027 - April 4, 2033. This request for information (RFI) is issued solely for information and planning purposes and does not constitute a request for quote (RFQ) or a promise to issue an RFQ in the future. The Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this RFI; i.e., all costs associated with responding to this RFI are solely the responder's responsibility. Not responding to the RFI does not preclude a contractor from responding to a future RFQ/RFP. If a solicitation is released, it will be synopsized on the SAM.gov website. Potential responders are responsible for monitoring the relevant site for additional information pertaining to this requirement. We request a response no later than October 16, 2026, at 1:00 PM EST. For additional information, please see the attached RFI. UPDATE-10/14/2026- The attached RFI document has been updated to RFI-K-5 Literacy Instructional Resources_10142026, all previous versions are deleted.

Contact

Point of contact
Kevin Cruz
Role
not stated on this notice — SAM publishes a role for only about 5% of them, so this may be a contract specialist rather than the contracting officer
Email
kevin.cruz@dodea.edu
Secondary
london.thomas@dodea.edu
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