Expanded Learning Programs

Board of Education of the Fontana Unified School District will receive sealed proposals for Expanded Learning Programs, under RFP No. 26/27-0003 in accordance with the attached specifications, through the Procurement Portal at https://procurement.opengov.com/portal/fusd , no later than 2:00 pm on Thursday, June 4, 2026.

Background

FUSD is seeking vendors to provide Expanded Learning Programs for District students during before, and/or after school, summer sessions, and intersessions. The program must integrate with the regular school day and other expanded learning opportunities while providing a safe physical and emotional environment, opportunities for relationship building and promotion of active student engagement.

Additionally, the District may provide ELO-P to additional grade spans for secondary pupils. “Expanded learning” means before school, after school, summer, or intersession learning programs that focus on developing the academic, social, emotional, and physical needs and interests of pupils through hands-on, engaging learning experiences. Expanded learning programs are pupil-centered, results driven, include community partners, and complement, but do not replicate, learning activities in the regular school day and school year.

Proposals for Expanded Learning Programs in the categories below will be highly considered.

• Academic Support: Subject areas are math, reading, and writing
• Social Emotional Learning (SEL): Assemblies and presentations for student engagement and self-efficacy
• Sports: Team sports with inter-school tournaments
• Camps: Day camps and overnight camps

Respondents are encouraged to view and to become familiar with the ELO-P funding requirements. https://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/ex/elopinfo.asp

The contract resulting from this bid will have a duration of one (1) year from the Board of Education approval but may be extended for two (2) additional successive one-year extensions, at the sole discretion of the District, not to exceed any accumulative total of three (3) years. Pricing shall be held firm for the duration of the contract.

Project Details

• Reference ID: 26/27-0003
• Department: Student Services
• Department Head: Craig Baker (Associate Superintendent)

Important Dates

• Questions Due: 2026-05-27T21:00:00.000Z
• Answers Posted By: 2026-05-29T21:00:00.000Z

Evaluation Criteria

• Best Value (15 pts) —

  Proposal offering “Best Value” services for student success, i.e., Fee Schedule, Costs, Pricing Structure.

• Scope of Services (15 pts) —
  Meeting RFP requirements; responses addressing the Scope of Services.
• Experience, Expertise, Training (40 pts) —

  The proposer must submit a detailed summary of their relevant areas of expertise, background, personnel qualifications, experience with similar clients, acceptance of District’s T&C’s.This includes the number of years in business, types of services provided, and any specialized training or certifications held by key personnel. Preference may be given to vendors with demonstrated success in projects of similar size and complexity.

• Responsiveness (20 pts) —

  Overall responsiveness of the Proposal in clearly stating and understanding the scope of work, and in meeting the requirements of the RFP. Please include any exceptions to any requirements, forms, or documents in this RFP.  Failure to specifically note any exceptions in the Proposal shall mean the Vendor accepts all terms and conditions in the Contract Documents.

• Services Previously Rendered (10 pts) —

  Services previously provided to the District.

Submission Requirements

• Respondent Questionnaire —

  The Respondent shall furnish all the following information accurately and completely. Failure to comply with this requirement may cause a proposal rejection. “You” or “your” as used herein refers to the Respondent’s firm and/or any of its owners, officers, directors, shareholders, parties or principals.

  Please be advised that the District may request verbal or written clarifications, additional information, an interview or presentation at any time regarding this RFP.

• Proposal Upload (required) —

  See Instructions to Proposers tab for details.

• GENERAL INFORMATION
• General Company and Contact Information (required) —

  Provide the following information:

  General Company Information:
  Company Name:
  Business Address:
  City, State, Zip Code:
  Website:

  Primary Contact Person:
  Name:
  Title:
  Phone:
  Email:
  List of names and titles of all principals/officers of the firm.

  Years in Business:
  Tax Identification Number (EIN):

• Description of the Organization’s mission, vision, and goals and the number of years that your firm has been in business under its present business name.
• List the public agencies including School Districts that your firm has provided similar services for in the last five years that are of the approximate size of project described in this RFP. The list shall include the scope of the work, date services were performed, client company name, client contact name and phone number. (required)
• Please describe why your firm should be selected by the District to provide the solicited services. (required)
• STAFFING
• 1. Describe the organization’s plan to recruit, hire and retain (if applicable) staff. (required)
• 2. Outline any new recruitment or retention efforts planned for the following school year based on current staffing challenges. (required)
• 3. Describe the organization’s before and after school related professional development plan for staff, please identify the type of training and/or professional development that will be provided to staff outside of what is provided by the District, along with the timeline or schedule for these activities (identify which trainings are required of all staff annually, only for new employees, and/or optional for all). (required)
• COMMUNITY OUTREACH
• 1. Describe your organization’s outreach efforts within the community to ensure information about the program reaches all relevant households and encourages a diverse participation. (required)
• 2. Describe how the program will create an environment that promotes diversity and provides activities and opportunities to celebrate students’ cultural and unique backgrounds. (required)
• 3. Describe the plan to collaborate with and engage families as partners in supporting their child’s academic, physical and social-emotional development. (required)
• LEARNING PLAN
• 1. Describe how the program activities are expected to contribute to the improvement of student academic achievement as well as overall student success. (required)
• 2. Describe how the program will provide a safe and supportive environment that provides for the developmental, social-emotional, and physical needs of all students. (required)
• 3. Describe the plan to monitor program success, detailing how success measures will be evaluated and how often (such as average daily attendance). (required)
• 4. Describe how the program activities will incorporate hands-on, project-based experiences in STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics). (required)
• LEGAL
• 1. If you or any of your firm’s principals have been in litigation or arbitration of any kind relating to similar services involving a school district during the prior five (5) years, please provide the name of the public agency and briefly detail the dispute, if applicable. (required)
• 2. If your firm, owners, and/or any principal or manager has been involved in or if your firm is aware of any pending litigation regarding professional misconduct, bad faith, discrimination, or sexual harassment, please provide details, if applicable. (required)
• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
• 1. Please describe why your firm should be selected by the District to provide the solicited services. (required)
• 2. Please provide any other information that may assist the District in ascertaining your qualifications, capability and customer service under any resultant agreement. (required)
• REFERENCES —

  List a minimum of three (3) references with similar type of goods and services to another school district, or public agency, at the similar size and scope as Fontana Unified School District in the last five (5) years.
  Copy & paste this template (or include data) for each Reference response: 
  Name of Reference:   
  Company Address:    
  Contract Person Name, Title: 
  Email, Phone Number:          

  Scope of Work/Product:        
  Contract Effective Dates:      
  Contract Total Dollar Amount:

• Reference 1: (required)
• Reference 2: (required)
• Reference 3: (required)
• CERTIFICATIONS & DECLARATIONS TO BE SUBMITTED WITH PROPOSAL —

  Download, complete, & upload the following documents. 

• Certificate Regarding Workers' Compensation (required) —

  Please download the below documents, complete, and upload.

• Equal Employment Opportunity Certification (required) —

  Please download the below documents, complete, and upload.

• Non-Collusion Declaration (required) —

  Please download the below documents, complete, and upload.

• Debarment, Suspension and Other Responsibility Matters (required)
• No Child Left Behind Certification (required) —

  Please download the below documents, complete, and upload.

• Education Department of General Administration Regulation (EDGAR) (required) —

  Possible Federal funded projects. 

• CONTRACT FORMS TO BE SUBMITTED BY VENDORS(S) AFTER AWARD ON CONTRACT
• Agreement Sample
• Criminal Background Certification —

  Please download the below documents, complete, and upload.

• Alcohol & Tobacco-Free Certification
• Drug-Free Workplace Certification (required) —

  Please download the below documents, complete, and upload.

• W9 —

  Page 1 to be returned when requested. 

• Certification of Proposal Review & Authorized (required) —

  I certify that I have read Request for Proposals Notice and all documentation provided. I further certify that I must submit firm’s Proposal in response to this request via  OpenGov Procurement and that I am authorized to commit the firm to the Proposal submitted.

  In submitting this Proposal, the undersigned Vendor acknowledges receipt of any and all Addenda issued by or on behalf of the District, as set forth below. The Vendor confirms that this Proposal incorporates and is inclusive of, all items or other matters contained in all Addenda.

  The undersigned hereby proposes and agrees to furnish and deliver the goods or services as quoted in accordance with the terms, conditions, specifications, and prices herein quoted.

• Provide Publication Dates (required) —

  Example: 10/1/24 and 10/7/24

• Will renewals apply to this solicitation? (required)
• Do you want a tentative interview date? (required)
• Tentative interview dates (required) —

  If it is decided to conduct interviews the tentative dates are between _________.

• Is prequalification of bidders required? (required) —

  Prequalification is required for projects estimated to exceed $1,000,000. However, it may still be included at the district’s discretion for projects estimated below that amount.

• Prequalification Dates (required) —

  Prequalification documents must be submitted to PQBids by ______________.  ____________ is the last day to be approved though PQBids. 
  Example: January 5, 2026. January 15, 2026

• Each bid must be accompanied by one of the following forms of bidder’s security in an amount not less than [include specific dollar amount or ten percent (10%) of the maximum amount of the bid] (required)
• Does this project include Federal Funding? (required)
• Provide License Classification required: (required) —

  Example: B; or C-10
  The successful bidder must possess a valid and active Class C-10 Contractor’s License,

• Years for multi-year renewals/extensions (if applicable) —

  After the Initial Term of the contract and subject to the provisions of pricing terms of the contract, this proposal may be extended (in the District’s sole discretion) for ____ (_) additional years, not to exceed ____ (_) years total
  Example: for up to two (2) additional years, in one (1) year increments
  or Example: for two (2) additional years, not to exceed three (3) years total
  or Example: for four (4) additional years, not to exceed five (5) years total

• Will there be a Job Walk or Pre-Bid Conference? (required) —

  If yes, you will be prompted to more questions.

• Select Job Walk or Pre-Bid Conference (required)
• Job Walk or Pre-Bid Conference date & time: (required) —

  A Mandatory Job Walk will be conducted on _________, promptly at _________.

  Example: Wednesday, December 3, 2025, promptly at 10:00 A.M.

• Job Walk or Pre-Bid Conference location: (required) —

  Contractors and/or their representatives are to meet at ___________. 

  Example: M&O Conference Room at 9851 Catawba Ave. Fontana, Ca 92335
  Example: Citrus Elementary School, front office, at 16041 Randall Ave. Fontana, Ca 92335

• Will Job Walk or Pre-Bid Conference be Mandatory? (required)