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Montessori For All, Inc. Request for Proposals (RFP)
for Montessori Classroom Materials
May 29, 2014
Proposal Due Date: June 12, 2014 9:00am CT
Table of Contents
PROPOSAL PROCESS Overview of Project About Montessori For All Procurement Process Timeline Submission Information Point of Contact General Procurement Terms and Conditions PROPOSAL SPECIFICATIONS Project Description
Selection Criteria Content of Proposal Evaluation Methodology
PROPOSAL FORMAT
Title Page Product List and Prices Ability to Meet Deadline Conflict of Interest Certification
Section 1
Request for Proposal Proposal Process
1.1 Overview of Project
Montessori For All, Inc. (MFA) is seeking bids from qualified organizations to provide Montessori classroom materials delivered to 7302 Blinn Circle Austin, TX 78723. 1.2 About Montessori For All
Magnolia Montessori For All (Magnolia MFA) is a public charter school to open August 4th, 2014. Our first year, we will serve up to 300 students from Pre-‐K3 to 3rd grade, with 30 full-‐time staff members. Within six years, our school will be serving up to 550 students Pre-‐K3 to 8th grade, with approximately 50 full-‐time staff members. 1.3 Procurement Process Timeline
MFA expects the following general schedule for the proposal submission, review and evaluation relating to this procurement process. Activity
Date and Time
RFP Released May 29, 2014
Proposals Due June 12, 2014 at 9am CT
Selection June 13, 2014 at 9am CT
Materials to be received by:
July 14, 2014
1.4 Submission Information
Completed proposals should be submitted by email to [email protected]. Proposals must be delivered to and received at this email address prior to the date and time noted above. MFA is not responsible for confirming receipt of proposal. Properly submitted proposals will be opened publicly and the names of the Respondents will be read aloud on June 12, 2014 at 9am CT at 5100 Pecan Brook Drive, Austin, TX 78724. 1.5 Point of Contact If you have any questions with regards to this RFP process, please contact Sara Cotner at [email protected]. Questions will be complied and published with answers on our website at www.montessoriforall.org/RFP. Interested respondents are responsible for obtaining the answers from the website.
1.6 General Procurement Conditions and Terms
Amendments MFA reserves the right to amend this RFP up to five days prior to the Proposal Due date listed above. Amendments will be posted on our website at www.montessoriforall.org/RFP. Interested respondents are responsible for obtaining any updates or amendments from the website. Late Submission Proposals received after the deadline will not be considered for this procurement. MFA is not responsible for late delivery or proposals lost in delivery. Errors in Submission MFA is not liable for errors in submitted proposals. A Respondent may correct an error in the proposal with the approval of MFA. No new material may be submitted in conjunction with an error correction. All errors must be submitted in writing to the address above. Information Submitted MFA uses the information submitted in proposals for evaluation purposes only and does not intend to share with third parties. Proposals received will become a part of MFA’s official files without further obligation to the respondents. MFA is not obliged to return any materials to respondents and is not obliged to maintain the confidentiality of any information that becomes publicly known through the Texas Public Information Act (Texas Government Code, Chapter 552.001, et seq.) after the solicitation is completed. Eligible Respondents Respondents who are able to meet the specifications for quality and other terms of this proposal, and who are not debarred and/or suspended from conducting business with school districts, federal and state funded agencies are invited to respond. A prospective Respondent must affirmatively demonstrate Respondent’s ability to deliver the specified goods/services, a proven record of business integrity and ethics, and good standing with the applicable national and state associations. Cost Figures MFA is a non-‐profit organization and is thus exempt from federal, state and local tax. Do not include tax in the cost figures. Cost figures should provide pricing by individual good/service as well as any discounts available for groups of multiple goods/services. No Public Disclosure and Press Releases Respondents may not release any information about this RFP to the public. On award of the purchase agreement or contract, the Respondent may not issue a press release until it has been reviewed and approved by MFA. No Reimbursement For Costs MFA will not be liable for any costs incurred in the preparation of a response to this RFP prior to the execution of a formal purchase agreement or contract unless specifically authorized in writing by MFA.
No Gratuities or Favors Respondents shall not offer any gratuities, favors, or anything of monetary value to any officer or employee of MFA, or to any consultant, employee, or member of MFA for the purpose of or having the effect of influencing favorable disposition toward their own proposal or any other bid submitted hereunder. Conflict of Interest No employee, officer or member of MFA shall participate in the selection, award or administration of a contract supported by the RFP if a conflict of interest, real or apparent, would be involved. Prior to award of purchase agreement or contract, a Respondent must sign a Certification Regarding Conflict of Interest stating adherence to MFA’s policy regarding free and open competition and conflicts of interest. Montessori For All’s Reservation of Rights
• MFA reserves the right to accept or reject any or all proposals received or make multiple or partial rewards.
• MFA reserves the right to withdraw or reduce the amount of an award or to cancel any contract resulting from this procurement if there is misrepresentation or errors in the specifications, pricing, terms, or Respondent’s ability to meet the terms and conditions of this RFP or if adequate funding is not received.
• MFA reserves the right to contact any individual, agency, or employers listed in the RFP, to contact others who may have experience and/or knowledge of a Respondent’s goods/services, relevant performance, and qualifications.
• MFA reserves the right to request additional information from any and all respondents.
• MFA reserves the right to request a Best and Final Offer from all respondents that submit a proposal.
Acceptance of Evaluation Methodology By submitting a proposal in response to this RFP, Respondent accepts the evaluation process and acknowledges and accepts that the determination of the “most qualified” Respondent(s) will require subjective judgments by MFA. BY SUBMITTING A RESPONSE TO THIS RFP, THE RESPONDENT AGREES THAT IT WAIVES ANY CLAIMS IT HAS OR MAY HAVE AGAINST MFA, MFA’S EMPLOYEES, OFFICERS, AGENTS, REPRESENATIVES AND MEMBERS OF MFA’S GOVERNING BODY, IN CONNECTION WITH OR ARISING OUT OF THIS RFP. THE SUBMISSION OF A PROPOSAL CONSTITUES THE ACCEPTANCE BY THE RESPONDENT OF THE EVALUATION TECHNIQUE DESCRIBED IN THIS RFP.
Section 2
Request for Proposal Proposal Specifications
2.1 Project Description
Montessori For All will be opening August 4, 2014 with six primary classrooms and six early elementary classrooms. In order for teachers to set up the materials in the classroom prior to the first day of school, we will need all materials for those classrooms received at our location at 7302 Blinn Circle Austin, TX 78723 by July 14, 2014. The materials list below is extensive. Please submit prices for individual items (or grouped items), as we will be comparing and accepting proposals by item and will likely be awarding to multiple vendors. The quantity needed is subject to change, so please note any discounts for bulk amount where appropriate. Materials for Primary Classrooms Name of Material Quantity Math Group 1
Number Rods 6 Printed Numerals 6 Printed Numerals Box 6 Spindle Box 6 Loose Spindles Box (Box to hold spindles) 6 Sandpaper Numerals 6 Sandpaper Numerals Box 6 Cut-Out Numerals And Counters: USA Style Print 6 Memory Game of Numbers 6
Math Group 2 Introduction to Decimal Quantity 6
Introduction to Decimal Symbol 6 Introduction of Decimal System 6 Numeral Cards 1-1000 6 Golden Bead Material (Entire Set) Individual Nylon 6 45 Golden Bars of 10 in Box 6 Stamp Game 18 Dot Game 6 Bow Tray for Division with Bow 6 Wooden Number Cards: Large 1-9000 12 Large Wooden Numeral Cards 6 Stand for Small Numeral Cards 12 Stand for Large Numeral Cards 6 Golden Bead Material Activity Set 6 Stamp Game Activity Set 6 Number Composition Mat 6 Addition Mat 6
Maple Dish Set (4 pieces) 24 Small Numeral Cards 1-9 6 Large Basket 6 Word Problems-addition, subtraction, division, multiplication 6
Math Group 3 Teen Boards 6
Teen Bead Box 6 Teen Bead Stair Tray 6 Tens Boards 6 Tens Bead Box 6 Linear & Skip Counting beads 6 Printed Arrows 6 Bead Material Cabinet 6 Thousand Chain Mat 6 Hundred Chain Mat 6 Number Tag Mat 6 Hundred Board 6
Math Group 4 0 Addition Snake Game 6 Addition Strip Board 6 Addition Tables 6 Addition Working Charts 6 Problem Slips: Addition 6 Subtraction Snake Game 6 Subtraction Strip Board 6 Subtraction Working Charts 6 Subtraction Tables 6 Problem Slips: Subtraction 6 Multiplication with Beads (Nylon) 6 Multiplication Board 6 Multiplication Tables 6 Multiplication Working Charts 6 Problem Slips: Multiplication 6 Unit Division Board 6 Division Tables 6 Division Working Charts 6 Problem Slips: Division 6 Arithmetic Signs Box 6
Math Group 5 0 Small Bead Frame 6 Small Bead Frame Paper 6
Large Bead Frame 6 Large Bead Frame Paper 6 Into to Hierarchy of Numbers 6 Hierarchy Number Cards 6 Long Division 6 Small Skittles 6
Math Group 6 Fraction Circles 6
Fraction Circle Stands 6 Fraction Problems 6 Word Problems: Time, Money, Graphs, Patterns, Charts 6 Learning Clock 6 Telling Time Cards 6 Sand Timers-1 min, 5 min 6 Digital Timer & Stopwatch 6 Money & Coin Extensions 6 Balance Scale 6 Bathroom Scale (possibly shared) 6 Tape Measure 6 Rulers 6 Measuring Cups & Containers 6 Calendar 6 Lacing Pattern Beads 6
Geography/Cultural World Puzzle Map 6
Hemisphere Template 6 North America Puzzle Map 6 United States Puzzle Map 6 South America Puzzle Map 6 Europe Puzzle Map 6 Asia Puzzle Map 6 Africa Puzzle Map 6 Australia Puzzle Map 6 Canada Puzzle Map 6 Mexico Puzzle Map 6 Map Cabinet (for 10 maps) 6 Control Chart Stand 12 Control Charts-Labeled 60 Globe Of The Continents 6 Globe Of Land And Water 6 Flag stand of North and South America (Semicircle) (Premium Qualiy) 6 Flag stand of Europe (Premium Quality) 6
Flag stand of Africa (Premium Quality) 6 Flag stand of Asia (Premium Quality) 6 Flags Of Europe: Nomenclature Cards 6 Flags Of Asia: Nomenclature Cards 6 Flags Of Africa: Nomenclature Cards 6 Flags Of North America: Nomenclature Cards 6 Flags of South America: Nomenclature Cards 6 Flags Of The United States: Nomenclature Cards 6 Stylus Puncher Set 12 Small Felt Pad for Punching 6 Land and Water Forms 6 Map Labels 6
Sensorial The Pink Tower 6
Stand For Pink Tower 6 The Brown Stair: Brown Lacquer 6 Cylinder Block No. 1 6 Cylinder Block No. 2 6 Cylinder Block No. 3 6 Cylinder Block No. 4 6 Stand For Cylinder Blocks 6 Set Of Knobless Cylinders 6 The Red Rods 6 Color Box 1 6 Color Box 2 6 Color Box 3 6 Fabric Box 6 Baric Tablets 6 Rough And Smooth Boards Set 6 Smooth Gradation Board 6 Smooth Gradation Tablets 6 Rough Gradation Tablets 6 Thermic Tablets 6 Thermic Bottles 6 Tasting Exercise 6 Smelling Bottles 6 Sound Boxes 6 Bells Set 6 Tone Bar Cabinet 6 Bells Keyboards 6 Cotton Gloves- 4 - 6 Years Old 6 Constructive Triangles 6 Geometric Cabinet & Presentation Tray 6
Geometric Cabinet Cards 6 Geometric Solids 6 Geometric Solid Bases with box 6 Power Of Two Cube 6 Binomial Cube 6 Trinomial Cube 6 Arithmetic Trinomial Cube 6
Language Classified Cards: (Add categories below) 6
Sound Game: Small objects 6 Sandpaper Letters (Cursive) 6 Sandpaper Letters (Print) 6 Sandpaper Letters: Spanish 6 Sandpaper Letters box 6 Large Movable Alphabet: English (Cursive) 6 M.A. Box: English (Cursive) 6 Movable Alphabet: Spanish 6 M.A. Box: Spanish 6 Large Movable Alphabet (Print) 6 Large Movable Alphabet Box (Print) 6 Metal Insets 6 Metal Insets Wall Frame 6 Metal Insets Stands 6 Inset Pencils (11 dozen) 6 Pencil Holders 6 Rubber desk top pad: Set of 3 6 Holder for 3 Pencils 6 Insert Paper Box 6 Insert Paper (3000) 6 Greenboards: blank 6 Greenboards with lines 6 Greenboards with double lines 6 Stand for Greenboards 6 Phonetic Object (and box) 6 Phonetic Reading Cards 6 Phonetic Reading Commands 6 phonogram objects (box) 6 Phonogram Alphabets (two colors) 6 Phonogram Alphabet (box) 6 Phonogram Booklets 6 Phonogram cards 6 phonogram reading cards 6 Puzzle Words 6
Printed Alphabet 6 Printed Alphabet Box 6 Reading Classification: Objects of the Environment 6 Three part cards (Add categories below) 6 Definition Stages (Add categories below) 6 Article Game 6 Farm (find diff. vendor) 6 Farm Stand 6 Grammar symbols 6 Adjective labels for farm 6 Logical Adjective Game 6 Detective Adjective Game 6 Detective Adjective Game Labels 6 Conjunction 6 Preposition 6 Verb 6 Adverb Cards 6 Logical Adverb Game 6 Impressions of the Verb 6 Continuation of Commands 6 Arrows for Simple Sentences 6 Arrows for Stage 2 Sentences (first box) 6 Arrows for extensions 6 Word Study (Add Categories below) 6 Compound Words 6 Homophones 6 Antonyms 6 Synonyms 6 Abbreviations 6 Waseca Reading Program 6 Waseca Reading Program Storage 6 Compete Set of Biome Readers 6 Cursive Boards 6 Cursive Board Box 6 Plastic Letters 6 Alphabet Puzzles 6
PRACTICAL LIFE Individual teacher budget for containers, etc. 6
Work rugs 6 The complete Practical Life Stand 6 Button Frame (Large) 6 Bow Tie Frame 6 Lacing Frame 6
Hook and Eye Frame 6 Snapping Frame 6 Zipping Frame 6 Buckling Frame 6 Dressing Frames Stand 6 Wood Polish 6 Silver Polish 6 Mirror/Glass Polish 6 Metal Polish 6 Polishing Activity Sets 6 Plant Watering Can 6 Sharpening a Pencil Activity 6 Glass Pitcher with Lid 6 Chef's Tongs 6 Primary Garden Tools 6 Small Garden Hand Tools 6 All Practical Life Basic Exercises 6 Wooden Trays 6 Small Rectangular Carved Tray 6 Ironing board 6 Small craft iron 6 Hardwood Clothesline Stand 6 Primary Easy-Fasten Water-Resistant Apron 6 Primary Cloth Apron with Velcro Closure 6 Hammering Tees in a Tray 6 3/4 oz. Porcelain Pitcher 6 Materials for Early Elementary Classrooms Name of Material Quantity MATH
Checkerboard 6 Negative Snake Game 6 Golden Bead Material (Entire Set) Individual Nylon 6 Checkerboard Bead Bars 6 Large Bead Frame 6 Bead Bars 6 Bank Game 6 Bead Cabinet Materials 6 Bead Chain Mat 6 Bead Cabinet 6 Bead Cabinet Arrows 6 Peg Board 6 Pegs for Peg Board 6 Decimal Fraction Board 6 Decimal Fraction Beads 6
Wooden Hierarchical Material 6 Fraction box 1-10 6 Fraction box 12-24 6 Fraction Circles (Frames) 6 Racks and Tubes 6 Stamp Game 6 Flat Bead Frame 6 Multiples - Table A and B 6 Multiples - Table E 6 Factors - Table C and D 6 Square with 100 circles paper 6 Non Decimal Base Boards 6 Binomial Cube 6 Trinomial Cube 6 Pre-made tickets for notation of a square 6 pre-made tickets for notation of a cube 6 pre-made tickets for binomial square 6 pre-made tickets for trinomial square 6 pre-made tickets for binomial cube 6 pre-made tickets for trinomial cube 6 Chart 1 - Malaya stones 6 Chart 2 - Babylonian numerals 6 Chart 3 - Egyptian numerals 6 Chart 4 - Greek numerals 6 Chart 5 - Roman numerals 6 Chart 6 - Chinese numerals 6 Chart 7 - Old European numerals 6 Chart 8 -Changes in our numerals 6 Fraction Equivalence Charts 6
GEOMETRY Stick Box 6
Stick Box Corkboard 6 Metal Insets - Squares 6 Metal Insets - Triangles 6 Iron Material for Equivalency 6 Pythagorean Plates 1,2, and Euclid Plate 6 Constructive Triangles: Triangle Box 6 Constructive Triangles: Small Hexagonal Box 6 Constructive Triangles: Large Hexagonal Box 6 Constructive Triangle Box: Blue Isosceles Triangles 6 Yellow Area Material 6 Geometry Cabinet 6 Geometric Solids 6 Large Square Based Prism 6 Large Rhombic Based Prism 6 Large Triangular Based Prism 6
Large Hexagonal Based Prism 6 Large Short Square Based Prism 6 Large Square Based Pyramid 6 Large Triangular Based Pyramid 6 Large Cylinder 6 Large Cone 6 Large Sphere and stand 6 Large Ellipsoid and stand 6 Large Ovoid and stand 6 Geometric Solids books 6 Geometric Solids Mystery Bag 6 Geometry Charts 6
LANGUAGE Grammar Box Symbols 6
Cursive Moveable Alphabet - red 6 Cursive Moveable Alphabet - black 6 Print Moveable Alphabet - black 6 Print Moveable Alphabet - red 6 Sentence Analysis (all 3 boxes) 6 Sentence Analysis chart 6 Grammar Boxes 6 Grammar Box Filler Boxes 6 Grammar Box Cards 6 Command Card Boxes 6 Words I use when I write Spelling Dictionaries 6 Words Their Way Spelling Books 6 26 Drawer Container to store handmade Language Card materials 6 Verb Tense Material 6 Language History Charts 6 Charts for Parts of speech: Noun Family, Verb chart, and Personal pronoun charts 6 a large roll of Receipt tape for writing sentences to analyse 6 NAMTA language Worksheets 6 Calligraphy book and pens 6 Handwriting without Tears. 6 Classroom library books, including leveled readers, 6 Books on C.D. that go with read along books 6 Small chalkboard for letter formation 6 Word Study Charts - prefixes, suffixes, compound words 6
GEOGRAPHY Pin Maps 6
Blank Paper Maps 6 Flags from around the world 6 Flag stand 6 Globe of the Continents 6 Chart 1a - Comparison of the Size of the Sun and the Earth 6
Chart 2a - Planets of the Solar System 6 Chart 3a - Dance of the Elements 6 Chart 4a - Volcanoes with Clouds 6 Chart 5a - Volcanoes with Water 6 Chart 6a - Layers of the Earth 6 Chart 7a - Rays of the Sun Shine in All Directions 6 Chart 8a - The Earth without Rotation 6 Chart 9a - Half of the Earth in Day, Half of the Earth in Night; 6 Chart 10a - Hottest and Coldest Parts of the Day 6 Chart 11a - Perpendicular rays on the equator are hotter than those at the poles 6 Chart 12a - More perpendicular rays fit in one area than angled rays 6 Chart 14a - Angled rays lose more heat when moving through atmosphere 6 Chart 15a - Solstices and Equinoxes, positions of the Earth 6 Chart 16a - Tilt of the Axis of the Earth 6 Chart 17a - Map with Equators and Tropics for Solstice and Equinox work 6 Chart 18a - Temperature zones with tropics 6 Chart 19a - Sun rays entering moving through the atmosphere to warm the earth 6 Chart 20a - Radiant heat being trapped near the earth by atmosphere 6 Chart 21a - Layers of the atmosphere keep in radiant heat like many blankets 6 Charts 22a - Without the atmosphere the earth would lose heat and be cold 6 Charts 23a - Temperature drops at higher elevations / Orographic Rain 6 Chart 24a - The cycle of wind created by perpendicular sun rays 6 Chart 25a - Atmospheric and surface currents, low and high pressure, 6 Chart 26a - Planetary winds, their origins and names 6 Chart 27a - Land warms up faster than water 6 Chart 28a - Land cools off faster than water 6 Chart 1 - Land being heated in January 6 Chart 2 - Land being heated in July 6 Chart 3 - hot air rises over heated land, winds move towards the low pressure 6 Chart 4 - summer solstice, winds change direction 6 Chart 5 - winter solstice, winds change direction 6 Chart 6 - Coastal rain 6 Chart 7 - Air absorbs water moisture and forms clouds 6 Chart 8 - tropical/equitorial rains 6 Chart 9 - Ocean currents 6 Chart 10 - Names of ocean currents 6 Chart 11 - Erosion by wind 6 Chart 12 - Map of highlands and lowlands 6 Chart 13 - Major Rivers of North America 6 Chart 14 - All rivers of North America 6 Chart 15 - Major rivers of the world 6 Chart 16 - Erosion by a river, miners at work 6 Chart 17 - V shaped valley 6 Chart 18 - Erosion of a river in a canyon 6 Chart 19 - Erosion by rain 6 Chart 20 - Erosion by ice, boy in the rocks 6 Chart 21 - Erosion by ice, boy comes out of rocks 6
Chart 22 - Erosion by glacier 6 Chart 23 - Erosion by glacier, melted 6 Chart 24 - Erosion by glacier, U shaped valley 6 Chart 25 - Water Cycle 6 Chart 26 - Water cycle slide 6 Chart 27 - Vegetation in temperature zones 6 Chart 28 - People of the torrid zone 6 Chart 29 - People of the temperate zone 6 Chart 30 - People of the frigid zone 6 Chart U1 - Further Details of Layers of the Earth 6 Chart U2 - Further Details of Continents: mantle, basalt, continents 6 Chart U3 - Further Details of Plate Tectonics: Lighter rock is trapped by heavier rock 6 Chart U4 - Formation of Mountains: Folding and its effect on strata 6 Chart U5 - Block mountains and rift valleys 6 Time zones chart 6 12 black strips and 12 white strips for time zones chart 6
PRACTICAL LIFE Hand sweeper 6
Watering can 6 Tubs for dishwashing 6 Dish drying rack 6 Eye droppers 6 Dishwasher 6 Vacuum 6 Placemats 6 Cloth Napkins 6 Silverware 6 Napkin ring holders 6 Dish towels 6 Toaster oven 6 Aprons 6 Cutting boards 6
MUSIC Tone bars with Two Mallets 6
Tone bar Keyboard 6 Tone Bar Music 6 Staff boards 6 Percussion instruments 6 Beats grid 6 Rhythm cards for 4 beat measures 6 Recorder 6 Cards about various instruments 6 Composer cards 6 circular note names for tone bars 6
major and minor scale strips for tone bars 6 Ongoing collection Binder of songs to sing and teach the children 6 Instrument Cards 6 Blank Staff paper 6
HISTORY Timeline: The Coming of life 6
Timeline: The Hand Timeline 6 Timeline: The First Timeline of Human Beings 6 Timeline: The Second Timeline of Human Beings 6 Timeline: US History Timeline 6 Timeline: B.C. A.D Timeline 6 Charts 1-8: 6 H1:Fundamental Needs 6 H2:Fundamental Needs 6 H3a: The Clock of Eras 6 H3b: The Clock of Eras Key 6 H4: 6 H5: 6 H6: Migration Chart: The Clearing the Forest Chart 6 H7: Migration Chart: The Triplet Chart 6 H8: Migration Chart: Breaking of the Wall Chart 6 The Black Strip 6 History Question Charts 6 Clock stamp: Just Analog 6 Clock stamp: Analog and Digital 6 Maneuverable Clocks (Kids can move hands) 6 Books: Ancient Civilizations and Prehistory essential (see Book tab for favorites) 6
ART Easel 6
Roll Paper 6 Child Aprons (6 per classroom, great for art, cooking and science) 36 Adult Aprons (2 per class) 12 Prismacolor Set- Colored Pencils 6 Prismacolor Set- Watercolor Pencils 6 Tempera Paint (6 pack) 6 Liquid Watercolors (set of 10) 6 Watercolor tubes (set of 10) 6 paint trays (6 wells) Recommended 3 per class 6 Paint trays (6 deep wells) Recommended 3 per class 6 tissue paper 6 Art table mats 6
Biology Botany Charts:
A: Needs of the Plant 6 B: The Function of the Leaf 6 C: The Plant as a Temple to the Sun 6 D: The Sun Drinking from the Plants of the World 6 E: Roots go toward water 6 F: Roots encountering obstacles 6 G: The leaves direct the water to the root tips. 6 H: Other solutions for water to reach roots 6 I: The leaves collaborate to help send the water to the roots. 6 J: Roots hold plants to the ground 6 K: Roots help prevent Erosion 6 L: How water is moved up the stem 6 M: Tendril 6 N: Climbing Stems 6 O: Hypogynous and Perigynous flowers 6 P: The Mother Plant talking to her baby seed 6 Q: Seed Dispersal 6 R: 6 S The Chart of Interdependence 6 Chart T The Great River 6 Botany Command Cards 6 Kingdom Veg (circles 6 Kingdom Animalia (Circles) 6
Zoology Class Pet and supplies 6
The Story Material of the Animals 6 The Body Function Material 6 Chart S The Chart of Interdependence 6 Chart T The Great River 6 Furniture Wooden tables at which students will work ~100 Wooden shelves to store Montessori materials ~120
2.2 Selection Criteria
MFA will evaluate proposals and select Respondent(s) on the basis of the following criteria:
1. Compliance with Specifications 2. Proposed Cost 3. Ability to Meet Deadline
2.3 Content of Proposal
Proposals shall be include the following information, formatted according to the attachments below. We strongly encourage proposals to be submitted in the Word document format of the attachments in Section 3. 1. Title Page 2. Product List and Prices 3. Ability to Meet Deadline 4. Conflict of Interest Certification 2.4 Evaluation Methodology
MFA has adopted the following criteria (which correspond to the information required above in 2.2 Selection Criteria) for evaluating the Respondents submitting proposals for this project, weighted as follows: Criteria
Weight
Compliance with Specifications 60%
Proposed Cost 25%
Ability to Meet Deadline 15%
Section 3
Request for Proposal Submission Format
3.1 Title Page
A Proposal Submitted in Response to
Montessori For All
RFP #4001
Submitted By: __________________________________
On Date: ________________________________________
Signature of Authorized Agent:
Printed Name and Title of Agent:
Name of Firm:
Address:
Federal ID# or SSN:
Contact person, phone and email:
3.2 Product List and Prices
Please list all products and prices for materials include on list above. Please list any discounts for bulk purchasing. Please include shipping prices. Please note that as a non-‐profit, we do not pay sales tax.
3.3 Ability to Meet Deadline It is very important that we have all the materials at our location at 7302 Blinn Circle Austin, TX 78723 by July 14, 2014. Please describe your process for ensuring delivery by that date. Please also ensure if we do not receive items by such date, we will receive a refund or significant discount.
3.4 Conflict of Interest Certification
By signature of this bid proposal, Respondent covenants and affirms that:
• No manager, employee or paid consultant of the Respondent is a member of the Board, or an employee of Montessori For All
• No manager or paid consultant of the Respondent is married to a member of the Board, the CEO, or an employee of Montessori For All;
• No member of the Board, the CEO or an employee of Montessori For All is a manager or paid consultant of the Respondent;
• No member of the Board, the CEO or an employee of Montessori For All owns or controls more than 10 percent in the Respondent;
• No member of the Board, CEO, or employee of Montessori For All receives compensation from Respondent for lobbying activities as defined in Chapter 305 of the Texas Government Code;
• Respondent has disclosed within the Bid any interest, fact or circumstance which does or may present a potential conflict of interest;
• Should Respondent fail to abide by the foregoing covenants and affirmations regarding conflict of interest, Respondent shall not be entitled to the recovery of any costs or expenses incurred in relation to any contract with Montessori For All and shall immediately refund to Montessori For All any fees or expenses that may have been paid under the contract and shall further be liable for any costs incurred or damages sustained by Montessori For All relating to that contract.
Name of Organization/Firm
Signature of Authorized Representative Date Print Name and Title of Authorized Representative Date
