The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) is soliciting services and/or products for the purpose of soliciting a Mississippi Institution of Higher Learning (IHL) to provide Statewide External Evaluation Services for Mississippi Nita M. Lowey 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC).   The solicitation may be accessed by potential offerors at www.mdek12.org under the Public Notices section. Written questions should be submitted to Leigh Washington at ProcurementQnR@mdek12.org by the deadline of Monday, June 1, 2026, at 2:00 p.m.   Copies of all questions submitted and the responses will be posted to the MDE’s website at www.mdek12.org under the Public Notices section and will be available to the general public by Thursday, June 4, 2026.   All responses to the solicitation must be submitted via rfxs@mdek12.org or shipped/mailed to the following address:   Shipped to: (FedEx, UPS, etc.)   Monique Corley, Director Office of Procurement The Mississippi Department of Education Statewide External Evaluation Services for Mississippi Nita M. Lowey 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC) 359 North West Street Jackson, MS 39201 (DO NOT OPEN)   The deadline for receipt of proposals is on or before Tuesday, June 16, 2026, by 2:00 p.m., Central Standard Time (CST). 5/15, 5/22/2026  12328082