Computer Science Curriculum and Professional Development Services

It is the intend of the Nogales Unified School District, #1 Procurement to solicit quotes for a comprehensive computer science teaching and learning platform for middle school and high school students. The platform shall include unlimited student and teacher access for authorized schools, online curriculum for Coding in Python courses, software licenses, lesson content, auto graded coding exercises, student assessments, lesson videos, and teacher guides.

The vendor shall also provide teacher professional development to support implementation of the Python curriculum, including training for teachers assigned to deliver Coding in Python 1 through 4. The services shall include ongoing teacher support through live technical and instructional assistance, scheduled one on one coaching meetings, and continued guidance to help teachers effectively use the platform and improve instruction throughout the school year. Replacement training shall be provided at no cost if a trained teacher leaves the District or is unable to teach during the school year.

Project Details

• Reference ID: 2526-002
• Department: Nogales Unified School District, #1
• Department Head: Sandra Jimenez (Business Manager)

Important Dates

• Questions Due: 2026-05-28T19:00:00.000Z

Meetings & Milestones

Evaluation Criteria

• Experience of the Firm and Key Personnel (100 pts)
• Professional Development (100 pts) —

  The offeror shall describe its approach to providing professional development for District teachers, including training format, course specific preparation, implementation support, instructional coaching, and ongoing technical assistance. The response should explain how teachers will be prepared to deliver the computer science curriculum, how training will be scheduled and delivered, and how the vendor will support teachers throughout the school year to ensure effective classroom implementation.

   
• Cost of Term of the Award (125 pts)

Submission Requirements

• Acknowledgement and Acceptance of Terms and Conditions of the Solicitation (required) —

  Explanatory Note: The purpose of this question is to confirm the Bidder’s or Offeror’s acknowledgement and acceptance of the terms and conditions of the Solicitation, subject to any exceptions or modifications to terms or conditions that are expressly requested in the question or that have been requested and approved prior to submission of the Offer. All exceptions or modifications to the Solicitation, regardless of whether the District approved such items prior to submission of the Offer, must be clearly set forth in this form.

  The Offeror, by the undersigned representative, acknowledges and accepts all terms and conditions of the Solicitation, except as expressly noted below. As used in this question, “terms and conditions of Solicitation” means all terms, conditions, specifications, certifications and warranties set forth in the documents that comprise the Solicitation, including the Uniform Instructions for Offers, Special Rules for Offers (if any), General Terms and Conditions of Contract, Special Requirements of Solicitation (if any), Specifications/Scope of Work, and Solicitation Addendums (if any).

• Vendor Registration Form (required) —

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• Deviations and Exceptions if requested (required) —

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• Request for Confidentiality or Proprietary Information (required) —

  Explanatory Note: The purpose of this form is to request that the District treat as confidential specific information in the Offer that the Offeror or Bidder believes is a trade secret or other proprietary information. All information that is the subject of the request for confidentiality must be designated on the page or pages of the Offer in which it appears. An explanatory statement for the request must be clearly set forth in this form. Additional pages may be attached to the form. The District Representative shall review the statement and provide the determination in writing whether the information shall be protected. If the District Representative determines that the information shall be protected from disclosure, the District Representative shall inform the Bidder or Offeror in writing of such determination. Requests to protect pricing information or the entire Offer from disclosure will be denied.

• Request for Confidentiality or Proprietary Information - Yes —

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• Certifications (required) —

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• Familial Relationship Disclosure (required) —

  The completed form should be notarized and included in the bid package to attest that your firm and its employees are not related in any way to the District, its staff, nor that of the members of the Governing Board.

• Offer and Acceptance Form (required) —

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• Non-Collusion Affidavit Notarized (required) —

  Please upload your notarized Non-Collusion Affidavit here

• W-9 (required) —

  Please upload your complete W-9 here.

• Certificate of Insurance (COI) (required) —

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• System Award Management Inquiry —

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• Quote for Cost (required) —

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  The offeror shall provide a complete and itemized quote for all curriculum, platform access, teacher support, and professional development services required under this solicitation. Pricing shall include the middle school curriculum and platform for Wade Carpenter Middle School and Desert Shadows Middle School, the high school curriculum and platform for Nogales High School, teacher support for five middle school teachers, teacher support for one high school teacher, and coding bootcamps for two teachers. The quote shall clearly identify the unit price, extended price, and total District cost. All costs necessary to provide the required services, licenses, training, support, implementation, and ongoing assistance shall be included in the proposed pricing.

• Technical & Administrative Requirements (required) —

  The proposed platform supports Mac OS X 10.7 or higher, Windows 7 or higher, and Chromebooks using Google Chrome, and that the platform can operate with a minimum consistent internet speed of 1.5 Mbps.

  The vendor shall also confirm whether it is the exclusive creator and distributor of the product with no other authorized agents, resellers, or distributors. 

• Key Personnel (required) —

  Who will be the rep for your firm that the district will be in contact with

• No Israel Boycott (required) —

  To the extent applicable, Nogales Unified School District, #1 is prohibited by A.R.S. § 35-393.01 from entering into a contract with any company for professional services unless the contract with the company includes a written certification that the company is not currently engaged in, and will not, for the duration of the contract, engage in a boycott of Israel. By submitting a Response, a Respondent represents to NUSD that it is not currently engaged in a boycott of Israel and that it will agree to language in the contract prohibiting any such boycott for the duration of the contract. Do you agree?

• Forced Labor of Ethnic Uyghurs Ban (required) —

  Pursuant to A.R.S. § 35-394, written certification is required to show that the company entering into a contract with a public entity does not use the forced labor, or any goods or services produced by the forced labor, of ethnic Uyghurs in the People's Republic of China.

  Under A.R.S. § 35-394:

  1. "Company" means an organization, association, corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, limited liability company or other entity or business association, including a wholly owned subsidiary, majority-owned subsidiary, parent company or affiliate, that engages in for-profit activity and that has ten or more full-time employees.

  2. "Public entity" means this State, a political subdivision of this State or an agency, board, commission or department of this State or a political subdivision of this State.

  In compliance with A.R.S. §§ 35-394 et seq., all offerors must select one of the following:

• School District Name (required) —

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• What is the SDI (required) —

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• Funding sources (required) —

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• What is the quote for? (required)
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• Electronic Pricing Table (required) —

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• School Site for the Project (required) —

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• Site location (required) —

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• DSF Project? (required) —

  Is this a School Facilities Board Funded Project?

• Is there a design form involved? (required) —

  Construction

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• Is this project going to be federally funded? (required)
• Special Terms and Conditions Verbiage (required) —

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• Partial Bids (required) —

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