HCPSS MPIA Request #2027-028

Requestor
Muriel Connelly
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 dataminr, recorded future, and Shadow Dragon, 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 MPIA 2027-028, 029, 030, 031, 046, 053, 058 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:
• 099.25.B7 Reading and Writing Support Technology: https://go.boarddocs.com/mabe/hcpssmd/Board.nsf/pfiles/DHBK5P5038CD/$file/06%2012%2025%20Bids%20and%20Contracts%20BR.pdf for Texthelp as the product and Everway as the vendor (see PR-60).
• 023.25.B1 Symbolstix and Unique Learning System: https://hcpss.bonfirehub.com/contracts/191798/details for Everway (see PR-69).
• 041.21.B1 Screener for Reading Difficulties: https://hcpss-org.community.diligentoneplatform.com/document/15563/?modified=1766380270000 for Amplify (see PC-51).
• 116.23.B6 Cloud Based Adaptive Reading Program: https://hcpss-org.community.diligentoneplatform.com/document/12690/?modified=1766137558000 for Amplify (see PC-08).
• 146.25.B7 Ellevation Basics: https://hcpss-org.community.diligentoneplatform.com/document/5149/?modified=1766132069000 for Curriculum Associates (see PS-29).
• 070.26.B8 Ellevation Subscription: https://hcpss-org.community.diligentoneplatform.com/document/37433/?modified=1786707231000 for Curriculum Associates (see PS-24).
• 109.24.B6 Support for Special Education/Related Providers: https://hcpss-org.community.diligentoneplatform.com/document/8620/?modified=1766134254000 for GHR Education, EDU Healthcare, and Epic/Therapy Traveler (see PC-10).
• Modification to the above 109.24.B6: https://hcpss-org.community.diligentoneplatform.com/document/37319/?modified=1786707032000 for GHR Education, EDU Healthcare, and Epic/Therapy Traveler (see PC-53).


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.