When is the submission deadline?

Submissions are due August 11, 2026.

It was issued by Region 16 Education Service Center. The work is located in Amarillo, Texas, United States.

Who is a good fit for this opportunity?

EdTech software provider specializing in K-12 college and career readiness platforms. Experience serving school districts, CTE programs, or shared services education organizations. Cloud-based platform with student, parent, and administrator access controls. Proven tools for career assessments, graduation planning, and student portfolio management. Ability to provide online professional development and implementation support. Vendor with references for similar one-year district software deployments.

Career Guidance Software (Due August 11, 2026)

Overview

Software, Web & Mobile Development

Amarillo, Texas, United StatesPosted: July 8th, 2026Deadline: August 11th, 2026

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SUMMARY

A Texas opportunity is seeking an online career guidance platform for member school districts to support student college and career planning. The solution should include assessments, career exploration, planning tools, portfolio features, parent access, and administrator training.

KEY REQUIREMENTS

CONTRACT DURATION

12 months

TIMELINE

Request for Proposals Released: July 7th, 2026

Receive and Open Proposals: August 11th, 2026, 2:00 PM

Review Proposals: August 11th-18th, 2026

Region 16 ESC Board Approval: August 28th, 2026

CONTACTS

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Issuing Agency

Region 16 Education Service Center

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DESCRIPTION

A Texas-based procurement seeks a vendor to provide an online career guidance software system for career and technical education shared services arrangement member districts. The platform is intended to support college and career awareness and planning for students through a range of interactive planning and assessment tools.

Required capabilities include a career interest survey, strengths or skills survey, learning style survey, career matching and research tied to survey results, goal setting, connections to professionals in a field of study, program of study or graduation planning, lesson plan ideas for classroom integration, college research options, student portfolio management, student login functionality to save information, parent access, and online professional development training for program administrators.

The anticipated contract period is one year.

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When is the submission deadline?: Submissions are due August 11, 2026.
Who issued this RFP?: It was issued by Region 16 Education Service Center. The work is located in Amarillo, Texas, United States.
Who is a good fit for this opportunity?: EdTech software provider specializing in K-12 college and career readiness platforms
Experience serving school districts, CTE programs, or shared services education organizations
Cloud-based platform with student, parent, and administrator access controls
Proven tools for career assessments, graduation planning, and student portfolio management
Ability to provide online professional development and implementation support
Vendor with references for similar one-year district software deployments

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