Advertisement for Request for Proposal                
Notice is hereby given that a sealed Request for Proposal (RFP) will be received by the Lafayette Parish School System by the Purchasing Department located at 113 Chaplin Drive, Lafayette, LA 70508. Delivery to any other department other than the Purchasing Department is unacceptable and may result in non-consideration of the proposal.
 
Sealed proposals will be received until May 22, 2018 at 2:00 P.M. CST for:
                       
                        Universal Screening and Progress Monitoring
                        RFP #25-19
                       
 
The RFP #25-19 is to obtain a proposal from a reputable firm to provide software and services to universally screen all students in K-8 in reading and mathematics to proactively identify students who need interventions / enrichment.  Universal screening and progress monitoring will be provided for 22,500 students within Lafayette Parish School System.
 
A Request for Proposal package may be obtained from Purchasing Departments of the Lafayette Parish School System located at 113 Chaplin Drive, Lafayette, LA  70508 or via the Purchasing Department website at www.lpssonline.com/site638.php or via Central Auction House (registration required) at https://www.centralauctionhouse.com.  Specifications will be available Friday, May 4, 2018.
 
A non-mandatory pre-proposal conference will be held on May 14, 2018 at 2:00 P.M. CST in the Personnel Conference Room located at 113 Chaplin Drive Lafayette, LA 70508.
 
On May 22, 2018 at 2:00 P.M. CST, only the name of the proposal respondents will be read aloud in the Personnel Conference Room.
 
The Lafayette Public School System strongly encourages the participation of minority business enterprises in all contracts or procurements let by the Board for goods and services.  To that end, all contractors and suppliers are encouraged to utilize minority business enterprises in the purchase of sub-contracting of materials, supplies, and services in which minority owned businesses are available.
 
The owner reserves the right to reject any and all bids for just cause. 
 
 
                                                                                    LAFAYETTE PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM
                                                                                    Lee Francis
                                                                                    Purchasing Agent