This is a service / maintenance or supply contract in Memphis, Tennessee. Contact the soliciting agency for additional information.

Shelby County Schools (SCS) is Tennessee's largest public-school district and is among the 25 largest publicschool districts in the United States. SCS serves approximately 90,000 students in 190 schools. We employ more than 6,200 teachers and 6,000 support personnel to serve our unique student population, while, offering programming and services to fit the needs of all our students. Through our strategic plan - Destination 2025 - we are committed to working toward three goals: 80 percent of students are college or career ready; 90 percent of seniors graduate on time and 100 percent of graduates will enter college or a career. To reach these goals, SCS has placed a strong emphasis on early literacy, improvement of post-secondary readiness, developing strong teachers, leaders and support staff, expanding availability of high-quality school options and working closely with families and community partners. SCS partners with almost 4,000 volunteers and 700 school adopters and community partners to increase student achievement and empower our community to strive. Questions or requests for clarification of technical issues and terms pertaining to this Bid must be submitted in writing via e-mail to LaJuanna Jones-Sulton at jonessultonlm@scsk12.org or Ashley Washington at washingtonap@scsk12.org, by February 21, 2022 @ 2:00 PM CST SCBE has set a Minority or Woman-owned Business Enterprises goal percent for this project as follows: Practice Field Grading Services (12) Locations - 7.6% The Bidder shall take affirmative action to ensure that minority-owned and women-owned businesses, which have been certified by the City of Memphis, Shelby County Government and/or Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority, are utilized when possible as sources of supplies, equipment, construction and services for Shelby County Schools. Please see Appendix I - MINORITY AND WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESS ENTERPRISES UTILIZATION. All relative forms in Appendix I must be completed and submitted with the bid. If the relative forms are not completed and submitted with the bid, the bid will be an invalid bid. Please note that the non-expired certificate is to be submitted with the bid. If submitting bids on multiple projects, please submit the required documents for each vendor per each project location to ensure compliance with the submission process.