Bid & Proposal Opportunities

Responses due by 2pm (PST) on Friday, January 10, 2020

Multnomah Education Service District (MESD) will receive sealed proposals to furnish technical assistance to the Multnomah-Clackamas Regional Educator Network as described in the specifications found below. Sealed proposals will be received no later than 2:00 p.m., Pacific Standard Time, on Friday, January 10, 2020 at the MESD Administration Building, ATTN: Erin Gardenhire, 11611 NE Ainsworth Circle, Portland, OR 97220; phone: 503-257-1670, email: egardenhi@mesd.k12.or.us .  Proposals need not be sealed, and they may be sent to District via any or all: email, fax, mail or delivery in-person at the addresses/numbers listed above.  District will reject Proposals received in any other format.
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This Request for Proposals (RFP) is being conducted under the rules and requirements of an Intermediate Procurement as defined in Oregon Revised Statute 279B.070, and related Oregon Administrative Rules, as well as District's Policy and Procedures. 
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Specification documents may be obtained from the following link until the due date and time noted above. 

Download the Specification Document for this RFP

Multnomah Education Service District
Sole Source Notice: Intent to Contract
for Flight Team Training
Responses due by 2pm (PST) on Tuesday, January 7, 2020
 
Be advised that Multnomah Education Service District (MESD) anticipates entering into a contract with Cheri Lovre of Crisis Management Institute to provide Flight Team training for educators. The service to be provided is specialized crisis management and response team, aka Flight Team, training. The qualifications of the provider include but are not limited to: 1. Be a nationally recognized, certified Flight Team trainer 2. Have extensive experience as a leader and trainer for prevention, mitigation, response and follow-up with schools in the aftermath of student and staff deaths, suicides, homicides, natural disasters, traumatic events, shootings, arrests of staff for internet child pornography, teacher-student sexual misconduct and a wide range of other tragedies that often overwhelm a district’s usual abilities to cope. 3. Ability to provide services without subcontracting; and 4. Ability to deliver services on February 7 – February 12, 2020. MESD hereby requests information as to whether other vendors haves similar and competing programs that will provide the same required services. Such information shall be submitted to Multnomah Education Service District, Attn: Christine Otto, 11611 NE Ainsworth Circle, Portland, Oregon or cotto@mesd.k12.or.us and shall be submitted so as to be received at the district office no later than the date and time listed above.

Multnomah Education Service District (MESD) has received funding from the State of Oregon to assist its component school districts in actively engaging with communities of color and other underrepresented communities. As a result, MESD is seeking quotes from various providers of community services to perform as event organizers and facilitators between school districts and the communities they serve on an as-needed basis. Because the number and types of meetings will be determined by the yet-to-be expressed needs of individual school districts, it is not currently known how many contracts will be issued pursuant to this Request for Quotations (RFQ).

Therefore, MESD may enter into multiple contracts during the current school year with selected providers of the below-listed services (which are further described in the online RFQ form referenced below):
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• Recruitment and publicizing of district engagement events
• Community engagement event planning
• Community engagement event facilitation
• Consultation with districts

MESD is currently requesting quotes from providers interested in providing these services. Please submit quotes by 5:00 pm Pacific Standard Time on Friday, December 13, 2019, using the online form found HERE. 
 
Awards will be made to only those agencies who legally qualify as independent contractors pursuant to the standards listed in Oregon Revised Statute 670.600.

To express an interest in providing similar services in the future, or for questions or clarifications regarding the current RFQ, contact Angela Giuliano Hubbs by email at ahubbs@mesd.k12.or.us or by phone at 503-257-1692.

Public Notice for Agencies Providing Certain Highly Specialized Services (PDF)

Addendum No. 1 with Full RFP (PDF)
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May 24, 2019
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CORRECTED Public Notice:
Multnomah Education Service District
Agencies Providing Certain Highly Specialized Services
 
Multnomah Education Service District (MESD) has identified a need for certain highly specialized categories of personal services and intends to contract with independent-contractor agencies which can provide those specialized services on a temporary, “as needed” basis.
 
Therefore, MESD may enter into contracts during the current school year with identified providers of the below-listed services:

• Speech and Language Pathologist
• Speech and Language Pathology Assistant
• School Psychologist
• Occupational Therapist
• Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant
• Physical Therapist
• Licensed Physical Therapy Assistant
• Behavior Consultant
• Special Education Teacher
• Qualified Mental Health Professional
• Mental Health Consultant
• Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)
• Registered Nurse (RN)
• Paraprofessional / Educational Assistant

 
Selection of individual providers of these services will be based on a reasonable, efficient process developed by the department requiring services from among agencies in MESD’s providers’ pool. Such contracts may be issued for one, two or three year time periods.
 
During the current school year, MESD may engage in one or more Requests-for-Proposals (RFP) processes to ensure an adequate number of providers in its pool. MESD hereby requests information from any and all providers who offer similar and competing services and who may be interested in responding to MESD when such proposals are being requested.
 
MESD is currently requesting proposals from providers interested in being added to the providers’ pool. Unsealed proposals are due by 2:00 p.m., Pacific Daylight Savings Time on Monday, June 24, 2019 and must be sent to rfpsped@mesd.k12.or.us so as to be received before that date and time. RFP documents containing terms and conditions for your response must be downloaded from https://www.multnomahesd.org/rfp .
 
To express an interest in future RFP’s, or for questions or clarifications regarding the current RFP, contact Karen Daniels by email at rfpsped@mesd.k12.or.us or by phone at (503) 257-1617.