Literacy Instructional Resources

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION - HE125426RFI0001

K-5 LITERACY: Core, Strategic & Assessment Resources

1.0 Description

1.1 The Department of War Education Activity (DoWEA) seeks information on how an interested contractor could provide commercial off-the-shelf (COTS), print and digital core instruction, strategic instruction and assessment resources for students, classroom teachers and above-school-level subject matter experts (SMEs) as well as related professional learning, correlations to standards, and technical support. In addition, DoWEA requires a literacy proficiency tool to measure student literacy skills and monitor student progress. 1.2 DoWEA prefers to make one award but may make an award for the K-5 core resources and one for K-5 strategic resources. The solicitation will be posted on SAM.gov in the September-October timeframe. The anticipated period of performance is April 5, 2027 - April 4, 2033. 1.3 This request for information (RFI) is issued solely for information and planning and does not constitute a request for quote (RFQ) or a promise to issue an RFQ in the future. 

The Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this RFI; i.e., all costs associated with responding to this RFI are solely the responder’s responsibility.

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Not responding to the RFI does not preclude a contractor from responding to a future RFQ/RFP. If a solicitation is released, it will be synopsized on the SAM.gov website. Potential responders are responsible to monitor the relevant site for additional information pertaining to this requirement.

2.0 Overview

2.1 Agency: For school year 2026-27, the Department of War Education Activity (DoWEA) will provide PK-12 instruction in 160 schools to approximately 66,000 dependents of active-duty military and civilian employees. In the Americas, DoWEA operates 50 schools located in seven states, Puerto Rico, and Cuba. In Europe and the Middle East, DoWEA operates 64 schools located in Germany, England, Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Italy, Turkey, and Bahrain. In the Pacific, DoWEA operates 45 schools located in Korea, Japan (mainland and Okinawa), and Guam. DoWEA also operates a fully accredited virtual high school with teaching hubs in each region. Our curriculum, resources and student achievement scores on standardized assessments compare favorably to those of high-performing US public school systems.
2.2 Scope: DoWEA requires commercial off-the-shelf (COTS), print and digital K-5 core literacy, K-5 strategic