Specifications include, but are not limited to:The Texas Education Agency (TEA) is soliciting proposals to provide a coordinated system of Program Enhancement and Quality Assurance for the Texas 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC) program, also known as Texas Afterschool Centers on Education (Texas ACE). The goal of the contract is to assist the Texas Education Agency (TEA) with implementing and sustaining high quality out-of-school and extended learning time centers. Deliverables in this solicitation ensure that both existing and potential grantees will have the opportunity to build capacity within their local centers and communities for developing and implementing programs in conformity with federal and state requirements. The selected contractor will provide TEA with deliverables as specified in this RFP by creating and building upon the existing resources, systems and materials that are currently available to TEA under each of the deliverables and as agreed to under any contract(s) resulting from this RFP and in accordance with all requirements stated herein. Eligible proposers are nonprofit organizations, institutions of higher education, Education Service Centers, private companies, and individuals with extensive experience with Program Enhancement and Quality Assurance for Texas ACE programs
