Specifications include, but are not limited to: 1. Technical Requests Vendor should describe their ability to develop a learning platform with the following specifications. 1. Cloud based learning platform. 2. Any developer shall provide unlimited 24/7 access to and use of its learning platform to all Nebraska school districts with unlimited accounts. Vendor should explain how students and schools have to register for the learning platform. 3. Learning platform(s) will need to be operable on school equipment and without requiring additional devices such as head sets, joy sticks, etc. Any vendor should explain additional costs anticipated for school district and student use. 4. Ensure that final product conforms to NDE, ADA accessibility requirements. 5. Ensure design will include blueprints and/or storyboards to specify effective learning strategies. 6. Ensure alpha and beta versions for review and input by NDE staff and stakeholders. 7. Ensure a master template will be consistently used across all versions. 8. Ensure learning platform will utilize current College and Career Readiness Content Standards and Career and Technical Education Content Standards. 9. Ensure that the learning platform’s end product explicitly reflects principles of pedagogy and Universal Design for Learning. 10. Ensure that the learning platform includes appropriate branding and color schemes to reflect the Nebraska Department of Education. 11. List and describe each proposed topic and identify the audience. Include references/citations for any evidence-based or evidence-informed content or practices that are included. 12. Proposed methods for promoting/marketing the learning platform to schools and their community partners. 13. Proposed measurement tools and processes that may be used to evaluate learner usage, engagement, satisfaction, and effectiveness of the modules once they are implemented. 14. Proposed recommendations for regular content updates and deliver all source files for these future edits and improvements. 15. Ensure to produce the final version of the learning platform in the desired format for dissemination. 16. English and Spanish capabilities 2. Security and Compliance Vendor should explain: 1. Technology standards used in the development and implementation of the learning platform(s), 2. How student privacy will be protected, 3. Where the data will be housed, 4. Who owns the data, 5. How the data will be used, 6. Who in addition to NDE will have access to the data (example: do districts have the ability to view and analyze their own student information?), 7. How the developer plans to use the data from Nebraska’s students, 8. How the learning platform will integrate into district tech policies, 9. Alignment with FERPA, 10. Any planned or unplanned direct contact between businesses and students. 3. Training Vendor should describe: 1. Ability to implement training, 2. Availability of web-based, on-demand training, and 3. Train the trainer style training to ensure sustainability and implementation across the state. 4. Reporting and Forms NDE will own the data and have access to all reporting. The Vendor should explain in detail the reporting functions of the system to include: 1. Data on usage 2. Data on outcomes, including demonstration of student’s pre- and post-use mastery of grade level College and Career Readiness Content Standards and Career and Technical Education Content Standards, 3. Best practices for data use in guiding educators and administrators, and 4. Capability to report on individual students and statewide success of the learning platform on demand. 5. Support for existing structures: The respondent shall propose how they may support existing structures that support Nebraska educators and students in both mastery of content standards and high-skill, high-wage, highdemand (H3) career exploration, this includes alignment with current College and Career Readiness Content Standards, Career and Technical Education Content Standards, State Board of Education priority measures, and NDE initiatives. 6. Time schedule The respondent shall also describe the set of major activities and the time schedule. Submit a work plan that includes a timeline and benchmarks for scope of work activities and deliverables to be completed across all months of the estimated project period. Include objectives, major tasks/action steps, estimated timelines.