The New York City Department of Education (DOE) has contracts with vendors to purchase the goods and services necessary to ensure that students receive the quality education they deserve. The agency strives to give all businesses, including Minority and Women-Owned Business Enterprises (MWBEs), an equal opportunity to compete for DOE procurements. The agency casts a wide net in search of talented vendors, seeking qualified suppliers from all segments of the community. The DOE’s mission is to provide equal access to procurement opportunities for all qualified vendors including MWBEs. The DOE works to enhance the ability of MWBEs to compete for contracts and DOE is committed to ensuring that MWBEs fully participate in the procurement process.
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- Note: RFEIs or RFIs are listed below from most recent to oldest.
Requests for Expressions of Interest
RFEI0005 - Enterprise VoIP Solution for the New York City Department of Education
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- RFEI0005 - Amendment 1
- RFEI0005 - Amendment 2
Requests for Information
RFI #11886 – Adolescent Spanish Foundational Literacy – Grades 6 through 12
- Proposal Due Date and Time: April 30, 2026, at 5:00 P.M.
Description: The New York City Department of Education (“NYC DOE”) consists of approximately 1,800 Schools and 200 Central Offices throughout NYC. In guidelines with New York State applicable laws, we are interested in partnering with a vendor(s) to supply high quality Spanish Foundational Literacy curriculum for grades 6-12. The curriculum must align with the following standards:
- New York State Next Generation English Language Arts Learning Standards
- New York City Department of Education Definition of Culturally Responsive-Sustaining Education
- New York City Reads 6-12 Literacy Shifts and MTSS for Literacy Guidance and Resources
If interested, please submit your company’s contact information, a brief description of your Adolescent Spanish Foundational Literacy curriculum, access to your digital/online program application, and a summary of professional learning opportunities for teachers and instructional coaches.
Please submit your questions and proposal to: multilinguallearners@schools.nyc.gov.
RFI #I1880 2-K and 3-K Services
- Proposal Due Date and Time: February 19, 2026, at 5:00 P.M.
Description: The purpose of this Request for Information (RFI) is to identify eligible, high-quality early childhood care and education programs who are willing to collaborate with the New York City Department of Education’s (DOE) Division of Early Childhood Education (DECE) to implement services for 2-K and 3-K services across School Day and Year (SDY), School Day and Year Plus (SDY+), and an expanded day and full year models, respectively, as a part of the unified birth-to-five system through a negotiated services agreement.
- Family Child Care Providers Information Sheet - English
- Family Child Care Providers Information Sheet - Albanian
- Family Child Care Providers Information Sheet - Arabic
- Family Child Care Providers Information Sheet - Bangla
- Family Child Care Providers Information Sheet - Chinese Simplified
- Family Child Care Providers Information Sheet - Chinese Traditional
- Family Child Care Providers Information Sheet - French
- Family Child Care Providers Information Sheet - Haitian Creole
- Family Child Care Providers Information Sheet - Korean
- Family Child Care Providers Information Sheet - Russian
- Family Child Care Providers Information Sheet - Spanish
- Family Child Care Providers Information Sheet - Ukrainian
- Family Child Care Providers Information Sheet - Urdu
- Family Child Care Providers Information Sheet - Uzbek
If you cannot download this RFI, please send an e-mail to vendorhotline@schools.nyc.gov with the RFI's number and title in the subject line of your e-mail.
For all questions related to this RFI, please send an e-mail to ECEExpansion@schools.nyc.gov with the RFI's number and title in the subject line of your e-mail.
RFI #I1869 Recruitment, Training, and Support of Alternative Certification Teachers for High-Need NYC Schools