The Massachusetts Executive Office of Education (EOE), on behalf of the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE), has an active invitation-only procurement for DESE Website Modernization Services, RFQ 27ITS81MP01, COMMBUYS BD-27-1036-EDU02-EDU02-133022.
Eligibility and procurement status
The official COMMBUYS page identifies this as an Invitation Only Opportunity and restricts responses to vendors on the Massachusetts statewide contract ITS81 Category 3. COMMBUYS currently displays Bid Type: CLOSED on the public-facing record while also showing time remaining and a future bid opening. Atlas therefore treats the procurement as active only for invited/eligible ITS81 Category 3 vendors and not open to the general public.
Dr. Miltie, LLC has not been independently verified as an ITS81 Category 3 vendor. Direct response eligibility is therefore not established and no qualification is assumed.
Deadline and value
COMMBUYS publishes the bid opening/response deadline as September 28, 2026 at 1:00 PM. The public header does not separately identify a time zone, so Atlas does not infer one. No controlling contract ceiling or total procurement value is stated in the public header.
Scope and submission package
EOE/DESE is seeking professional services for the DESE Website Modernization Initiative. The current package lists the RFQ, background/goals/scope, business requirements, current-process documentation and diagrams, technical requirements, user-interface considerations, accessibility requirements, site and application inventory, finalist oral-presentation instructions, statement-of-work template, bidder submission checklist, cost response workbook, CORI requirements, the Commonwealth policy on enterprise use and development of generative AI, the HRiA CPLAN-DESE website assessment, and evaluation criteria.
Submission and amendments
Electronic quotes are allowed in COMMBUYS for invited vendors. The official record states that an unfinished Quote already exists for this Bid, so Atlas will not initiate or duplicate a second response. The September 11, 2026 amendment added revised RFQ/Q&A materials and updated the supporting package.
Atlas assessment
Atlas Opportunity Score: 50/100. School/Education Procurement Relevance: 82/100. N9+ Fit: 0/100. QC Healthcare Fit: 0/100. Dr. Miltie direct-vendor fit: 0/100 on currently verified eligibility. This is a website-modernization procurement rather than a healthcare-delivery or remote physical-examination opportunity, so no N9+ fit is forced.
Official source: COMMBUYS — BD-27-1036-EDU02-EDU02-133022 / 27ITS81MP01.