NOTICE OF BID OPPORTUNITY

SUPPLEMENTAL JUDICIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMMING

ISSUE DATE:  August 19, 2024

DEADLINE TO SUBMIT QUESTIONS: August 26, 2024

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: September 3, 2024

Washington State Administrative Office of the Courts (“AOC”) seeks proposals from qualified individuals and businesses interested in providing supplemental judicial education programming for two, two-day regional in-person training events, sized at no more than 100 participants at each event.  One event will be held in Vancouver, WA, in November 2024; with a second, duplicate event held in Spokane, WA in June 2025.  Both judicial education offerings will focus on topical issues in the areas of family law and domestic violence.
SCOPE OF WORK SUMMARY

The AOC is seeking a qualified individual or business (“Vendor”) with an expert understanding of family law and domestic violence court law best practices for judicial officers.  The vendor will work with an advisory committee from the WA Superior Court Judges' Association (“SCJA”) to develop curriculum and content, provide subject-matter judicial education educators, and be present to direct the programming at each in-person event. The preferred learning modality is a combination of short lecture and problem sets/small group work. Topics may include, but are not limited to:

• Parenting plan factor analysis, to include recommendations on how to balance interests when both parents possess limitation factors;
• Parenting plan modifications and adequate cause – legal standard and practical considerations;
• Mental health considerations of the child and/or parents;
• The intersection of protection orders and parenting plans;
• Practices to explain decisions both verbally and in writing; and
• Trauma-informed best court practices.

The curriculum and programming must meet the Washington Courts' requirements for  Continuing Judicial Education (CJE/s) credits. 

SCOPE OF SERVICES

All work will be directed by the AOC. The Vendor will be expected to provide the following minimum services:

• Facilitate an advisory committee and produce approved curriculum and content
• Develop programming for two-days of judicial education; to be conducted at two separate in-person events
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• Secure speakers – drawn from both national subject-matter experts and individuals with a working understanding of family and domestic violence laws and court procedure in Washington State
• Manage on-site event programming
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Regardless of the date of execution of any resulting contractual agreement flowing from this Solicitation, the period of performance is expected to be September 1, 2024 - June 20, 2025.
COMPENSATION

The AOC anticipates the estimated contract value to be above thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) but below one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000).
NOTE

Each interested Vendor must have proposal responses signed by an authorized representative of the responding Vendor.

Proposals must be electronically submitted to Jacqueline Arita Reyes at Procurements@courts.wa.gov by 5:00 p.m. (PDT) on September 3, 2024, with the subject line: “Proposal for Informal Solicitation; 2024 Supplemental Judicial Program.”

Should you have any questions about the specifications in this solicitation, please contact the Solicitation Coordinator, Jacqueline Arita Reyes at Procurements@courts.wa.gov.
Thank you for your interest in the Judicial Education Program solicitation.

Interested parties may download related files below:

 Informal Solicitation Sup Jud Ed Prog