Awarded Contract

Bid/RFP Number: 4941.1

Solicitation Title

French 1-3 Textbooks

Board Approval Date

05/09/2024

Expiration Date

05/09/2025

Buyer E-mail

Rebecca_V_Williams@mcpsmd.org

Description

The purpose of this Request for Proposal (RFP) is to solicit proposals from qualified bidders that have demonstrated competence and possess the ability and experience to provide French textbooks and including related online-platform-based and ancillary materials, resources, and professional developments for use in our MCPS secondary schools. This RFP seeks qualified bidders who have prior successful experience producing and implementing similar communicative and proficiency-based programs supported by the knowledge and understanding of second language acquisition, relevant and inclusive content in the target language, the MD World Language Standards; the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Language (ACTFL) Guiding Principles; the world-readiness standards for learning languages and performance expectations; and 21st century skills. Initial professional development and curriculum revision and alignment work would be beginning in the summer of 2024 and continue throughout the school year of 2024-25. Textbook purchases, professional development, additional curriculum revision and alignment would continue in school years 2025-26, 2026-27 and 2027-2028.

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