HCPSS MPIA Request #2027-002

Requestor
Eloise Stanton
Organization/Agency
The Data Branch
Requested Information
We request all records, including executed contracts, purchase orders, invoices, and solicitation/RFP documents for products or services purchased from CDW Government, Xerox, MGT Impact Solutions (MGT Consulting), as well as College, and Career Readiness from Lead Public Schools, covering the past three years to present.

Spreadsheet exports preferred; PDF, Word, or standard ERP/finance reports also work. This is a commercial research request, and we're happy to narrow or clarify the scope to ease fulfillment.
Date Received
Status
Complete
Response Notes

Please note, given the overlap in vendors sought as well as types of records requested, we are processing your subsequent requests together.

For reference, the following resources containing contract and purchasing information for the school system can be searched publicly:
•    The Board of Education of Howard County awards contracts over $50,000 regularly through Bids and Contracts Reports: https://go.boarddocs.com/mabe/hcpssmd/Board.nsf/files/DVDKB750F985/$file/07%2016%202026%20Bids%20and%20Contracts%20BR.pdf - this is an example of the most recent one, and there is typically one per meeting of the Board found on Board Docs: https://go.boarddocs.com/mabe/hcpssmd/Board.nsf/Public. 
•    Contracts between $25,000 and $50,000 are reported quarterly: https://go.boarddocs.com/mabe/hcpssmd/Board.nsf/files/DTNSN3736E30/$file/15I%2005%2019%202026%20FY26%20Q3%20Procurement%20Report%20BR.pdf  – this is an example of the most recent report. 
•    A public contracts database was also recently adopted by the school system: https://hcpss.bonfirehub.com/portal/?tab=openOpportunities. 
•    Outside of contracts, total yearly payments by vendor over a threshold of $25,000 are also reported on this website: https://www.hcpss.org/f/vendors/index.html.

Specific to the vendors listed in your request, the following public Board reports give details of a contract award:
•    MPIA 2026-129: https://mpia.hcpss.org/requests/2026-129. This MPIA response to Data Branch from earlier this year included information on Brightly specific to ITSM (IT Service Management) and/or CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management System) services.
•    MPIA 2026-171: https://mpia.hcpss.org/requests/2026-171. This MPIA response to Data Branch from earlier this year included information on the pending award of 059.25.B7 College and Career Readiness Tool. 
•    025.24.B3 Google Workspace: https://go.boarddocs.com/mabe/hcpssmd/Board.nsf/files/CVMKD751517D/$file/09%2021%202023%20Bids%20and%20Contracts%20BR.pdf (see PR-07) for CDWG. 
•    032.22.B1 Identity and Access Management Software: https://go.boarddocs.com/mabe/hcpssmd/Board.nsf/files/CDNJBL4C6580/$file/04%2028%202022%20Bids%20and%20Contracts%20BR.pdf (see PC-52) for CDWG.
•    118.23.B3 KnowBe4 - Security awareness program: https://go.boarddocs.com/mabe/hcpssmd/Board.nsf/files/DNDRDY6D8EE6/$file/11%2020%202025%20Bids%20and%20Contracts%20BR.pdf (see PR-15) for CDWG.
•    015.26.B6 - Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) Platform: https://go.boarddocs.com/mabe/hcpssmd/Board.nsf/files/DLMGKA442698/$file/09%2025%202025%20%20Bids%20and%20Contracts%20BR.pdf (see PR-08) for CDWG.
•    Next Generation Firewall Equipment, Software, Services and Related Support: https://hcpss.bonfirehub.com/publicContracts/223210#!/ for CDWG.
•    Managed Security Services Solution: https://hcpss.bonfirehub.com/publicContracts/221662#!/ for MGT Impact Solutions.
•    109.24.B6 - Special Education/Related Provider Services: https://go.boarddocs.com/mabe/hcpssmd/Board.nsf/files/D8DHF7483C56/$file/08%2022%2024%20Bids%20and%20Contracts.pdf (see PC-10) for Amergis.
•    086.24.B6 - Employee Evaluation, Registration, And Absence Management
System: https://go.boarddocs.com/mabe/hcpssmd/Board.nsf/files/D5JNSN6143F9/$file/5.23.2024%20Bids%20and%20Contracts%20Agenda%20BR%20(2).pdf (see PC-115) for Frontline Education.
•    Powerschool contracts were addressed under a previous response to Data Branch.
•    024.20.B5 - School Bus Routing and Fleet Management: https://go.boarddocs.com/mabe/hcpssmd/Board.nsf/files/BNFJC24C75D9/$file/04%2007%202020%20Bids%20%26%20Contracts%20BR%20REVISED.pdf (see PC-56) for Tyler Technologies.
•    136.25.B1 - Technology Solutions, Products, and Services: https://go.boarddocs.com/mabe/hcpssmd/Board.nsf/files/DKJH2Y4672D3/$file/08%2021%202025%20Bids%20and%20Contracts%20BR.pdf (see PR-06) for Raptor Tech.
•    Funds for Learning contracts were addressed under a previous response to Data Branch.

Please note, we have searched vendors by the name provided in your request, therefore if a vendor does business by another legal name it will not show up in our search. No clarification received from requester to continue response.
 

*Some request language is summarized to include the requester's specific document requests and legally protected information (such as personally identifiable information of a student) or personal, defamatory and malicious content removed at the discretion of the school system.

**Responses containing legally protected information available only to the person of interest are omitted from the above report.

***Howard County Public Schools reserves the right to remove erroneous or outdated documents from this site.