Instructional Materials Internet Website Services

The vendor is required to provide instructional materials internet website services to design, develop, and support a modern, user-centered digital system for the instructional material review and approval (IMRA) and local classroom review processes.
- The continued development, maintenance, and support of the IMRA platform, including:
•    Enhancing the core IMRA application to support publisher submissions, expert reviews, public transparency, and reporting.
•    Developing a new web-based module to support the local classroom review process, which allows educators across the state to evaluate instructional materials in real classroom settings.
•    This module must be intuitive, secure, and scalable to accommodate thousands of educators and reviewers.
•    Providing agile development services, including sprint planning, backlog refinement, user story development, testing, and deployment. 
•    Collaborating closely with tea staff, including product owners, program leaders, and it stakeholders, to ensure the platform meets evolving program needs and legislative requirements. 
•    Delivering user-centered design and usability improvements based on ongoing research, feedback, and analytics. 
•    Supporting integration with tea’s internal systems and data infrastructure, including future connections to the agency’s data lake.
- Electronic and information resources (EIR) accessibility
•    All images and other non-text objects must contain appropriately descriptive alternative text and null alternative text; 
•    Tables should only be used for tabular data and must include valid row and column header tags; 
•    Header tags must be used to convey document structure; 
•    Users must be able to navigate the web pages, including all links, features, forms, navigations, and sub-navigation, using the keyboard only; 
•    All scripted features must be able to function using the keyboard only with losing focus; 
•    All form fields must have descriptive form labels; 
•    All information conveyed with color must also be available without color; 
•    Foreground and background color combinations must provide sufficient contrast when viewed by someone with color deficits or when viewed on a black and white screen; colors used in the design must for color and contrast ratio; and 
•    Video and audio content must follow accessibility guidelines and include closed captioning and audio descriptions; audio files must include written transcripts; audio and video controls must be operable using a keyboard only.

- Contract Period/Term: 4 years
- Questions/Inquires Deadline: September 26, 2025