Regional committee awards district visioning contract to District Management Group

The Regional Supervision District Committee voted June 4 to award RFP# R4202026 for facilitation of district visioning and stakeholder engagement services to District Management Group (DMG), the vendor recommended by the Joint Board of Education RFP Review Committee. The motion was recorded as passed with a numeric tally of 6 Yes and 3 No, with no abstentions.

Finance Director Robert Grissom presented the financial status update and proposed a budget transfer to fund the contract. Committee minutes record that the Committee subsequently voted to transfer funds to support execution of the awarded RFP; that transfer vote was recorded as 8 Yes and 1 No (R. Daniels listed as the No). The budget transfer form reallocates $90,000 from unspent World Language teacher salary and related benefit lines into Other Professional Services to fund the contract and states the funds represent surplus from vacancies and would have no impact on programming.

The meeting packet included a bid-tabulation form (opening May 27, 2026) listing vendor proposals and prices: District Management Group ($130,000), BLS Research & Consulting ($90,000), True Unity Group ($80,000), Commonwealth Consulting Agency ($45,000), Rennie Center ($50,000) and others. The tabulation notes estimated completion timelines from vendors and names the Assistant Superintendent and Finance Director among attendees at the bid opening.

The committee discussion included references to the RFP process and the role of the Joint BOE Task Forces in reviewing vendor proposals. The minutes record that DMG was the recommended vendor and that the administration was authorized to execute a contract in accordance with the accepted bid as presented.

Next steps recorded in the minutes: administration was authorized to execute the contract with the awarded vendor; the minutes do not specify the contract start date or an implementation timeline beyond vendor estimates in the bid tabulation.