PRIORITY NOTICE: Regionalization Grant Opportunity Now Available – Fund for the Efficient Delivery of Educational Services (FEDES)

The State of Maine is seeking proposals for a grant opportunity through the Fund for the Efficient Delivery of Educational Services to assist in financing the cost of local and regional initiatives to improve educational opportunity and student achievement through more efficient delivery of educational programs and services.

This is the third round of regional grant opportunities offered as part of the Maine Department of Education’s EMBRACE Regionalization Initiative.

A copy of the RFP and all amendments related to it are available on the State of Maine Division of Procurement Services website under RFP# 201806118.

Note: there have been updates on the RFP for the Fund for the Efficient Delivery of Educational Services (FEDES)

Proposals must be submitted to the State of Maine Division of Procurement Services, via e-mail, to the following email address: Proposals@maine.gov.  Proposal submissions must be submitted no later than 4:00 pm, local time, on November 7, 2018, when they will be opened. Proposals will be opened at the Burton M. Cross Office Building, 111 Sewall Street – 4th Floor, Augusta, Maine. Proposals not submitted to the Division of Procurement Services’ email address by the deadline will not be considered for the grant award.

For further questions, the Department will sponsor an online/telephone Information Session RFP# 201806118 on July 19, 2018 at 10:00 AM:

All questions and answers will be available on the State of Maine Division of Procurement Services website under RFP# 201806118 following the Information Session.