PreK-12 Tier 1 OER Sources Content, PreK-12 Tier 1 OER Custom Built Materials, and PreK-12 Tier 1 Continuous Improvement of OER Developed Core and Supplemental Follow Solicitation

The Texas Education Agency (TEA) is requesting responses from contractors for three unique projects in this procurement cycle.

• Project 1 is requesting responses from contractors who have existing content to support the procurement, sourcing, development, and customization of fully developed grade appropriate High-Quality Instructional Materials (HQIM).
• Project 2 is requesting responses from contractors to develop custom built high-quality Tier 1 instructional materials.
• Project 3 is requesting responses from contractors with demonstrated expertise in instructional materials versioning, standards alignment, and rapid-cycle content improvement to provide service to update, revise, substitute existing Open Education Resources (OER) materials in accordance with TEA priorities and timelines.

Project 1: K-12 Social Studies Development Text- Tier 1 Open Education Resources Sourced Content

Contractors must demonstrate their ability to provide, license, and, when requested, customize existing fully developed, grade-appropriate content for integration into K-12 Social Studies Tier 1 OER instructional materials. These developed texts are intended to complement and integrate with current and future Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) aligned Social Studies instructional materials, including but not limited to unit-level studies within Open Educational Resources (OER) Tier 1 High-Quality Instructional Materials (HQIM), in accordance with TEA-determined priorities and timelines.

Project 2: PreK-12 Tier 1 Open Education Resources Custom Built Instructional Materials

Contractors must demonstrate their ability to support the development of Tier 1 OER core and supplemental instructional materials for Kindergarten through Grade 12, with a primary development emphasis on Grades 6-12. All work will be conducted in alignment with Instructional Materials Review and Approval (IMRA) requirements, TEKS, and TEA-established quality, accessibility, and compliance criteria, in accordance with TEA-determined priorities and timelines.

This project includes development of new instructional materials with vertical coherence, instructional quality, and alignment across the materials.

For the avoidance of doubt, all custom-built instructional materials purchased by TEA will be owned by TEA as a work for hire with no residual ownership by contractors.

Project 3: K-12 Tier 1 Instructional Materials Revision Support Services

Contractors must demonstrate their ability to support targeted updates, substitutions, revisions, versioning, and enhancements to already developed Tier 1 OER core and supplemental instructional materials for Prekindergarten through Grade 12. Work under any resulting contract will be issued on an as-needed basis, with no guarantee of minimum or specific volume.

Services under this project may include, but are not limited to:

• Updates required to maintain Tier 1 HQIM status
• Substitutions or revisions to address content accuracy, alignment, rigor, or instructional coherence
• Modifications needed to meet accessibility, usability, or format requirements
• Replacement or enhancement of instructional components to address implementation or field-identified issues

Responses should be submitted separately and not exceed 50 pages for each project's proposal. All required attachments should be submitted separately in **Bonfire**. Attachments are not subject to the 50-page maximum limit.

Contractors must have an account at Euna Procurement (Bonfire) to submit a response to TEA.

The initial contract term is for a total of five (5) state fiscal years, commencing from contract execution or an agreed-upon contract start date. The contract may be renewed for two (2) additional years, subject to the terms and conditions of the agreement.

Responses must include a detailed Task, Activity, Deliverable, and Budget Plan (TADBP), as described elsewhere in this solicitation and in Attachment E. The proposed budget is required but will not be a part of the evaluation process.