Pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 10, the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) Procurement Office is currently conducting market research to identify companies capable of and qualified to provide a K-12 Art Platform and Visual Arts Professional Learning Platform.

Agency: For school year (SY) 2024-25, the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) will provide PK-12 instruction in 161 schools to over 67,000 dependents of military and civilian employees. Student enrollment is based primarily on deployment of military troops worldwide. In the Americas, DoDEA operates 50 schools located in seven states, Puerto Rico, and Cuba. In Europe and the Middle East, DoDEA operates 64 schools located in Germany, England, Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Turkey, Bahrain, and Italy. In the Pacific, DoDEA operates 46 schools located in Korea, Japan (mainland and Okinawa), and Guam. DoDEA also operates a fully accredited virtual high school with teaching hubs in the Americas, Europe, and Pacific. DoDEA's curriculum, resources and student achievement scores on standardized assessments compare favorably to those of high-performing US public school systems.

DoDEA is requesting the proposed solution(s) to be incompliance with the attached PWS.

One vendor may identify multiple solutions to achieve this criterion, however all solutions must work together on one platform for the end user.

The period of performance for these services, with an anticipated start date of 28 June 2025, will include a base period with four (4) 12-month option periods.

This Request for Information (RFI) is issued solely for conducting market research and does not constitute a Request for Proposals (RFP), Invitation for Bids (IFB), Request for Quotations (RFQ), and does not obligate the Government to any current or future commitments. The Government will not pay/reimburse any costs or charges resulting from contractors’ responses to this RFI.

If your firm is interested, capable, and qualified to provide these services, please submit written information supporting this capability. If your solution provides more than the minimum requirements, please identify in your submission all capabilities of your platform. Capability statements shall consist of no more than 5 pages, Also include a cover page with the company’s name, business mailing address, point of contact, telephone number, Duns & Bradstreet Number (DUNS), and Commercial And Government Entity/NATO Code (CAGE/NCAGE) and an estimated pricing summary page for your solution.

Submissions and inquiries must be sent electronically to adwoa.essel-akoli@dodea.edu and duke.santos@dodea.edu no later than 20:00 Eastern Standard Time (EST) on 17 March 2025. Vendor’s e-mail message shall state “HE1254-25-R-ARTS” in the subject line. Telephone calls regarding this RFI will not be accepted.

For the purpose of this acquisition, the North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code is 611110, Elementary and Secondary Schools and 611710 Educational Support Services.

Please note that vendors are required to be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database at the time an offer/quotation/proposal is accepted in order to comply with the annual representations and certifications requirements. Therefore, only businesses with an active SAM registration will be eligible to receive any resultant contract(s) with the Department of Defense Education Activity.