September 26, 2014 3:33 PM

TEA posts RFP on major public school assessment contract once exclusively held by Pearson

First time contract components broken out to all multiple vendors; contract drops from five to four years

Multiple sections in this contract mean multiple components. That opens up one of the state's largest contracts to be shared by multiple vendors rather than one exclusively. The Length of the contract is reduced from five to four years. Bids are due in December.
Pearson has held the state's contract since 2000, with two extensions. The last five-year contract cost just under $500 million. Vendors, or a consortium of vendors, must indicate a preference to bid by Oct. 17, according to the RFP.

The Student Assessment RFP has been posted to the Electronic State Business Daily which can be found here.

By Kimberly Reeves