CAPS, GOWNS AND TASSEL SETS

The Cleveland Metropolitan School District (hereafter the “District”) under RFP-21424 CAPS, GOWNS AND TASSEL SETS is soliciting proposals to establish term contracts with one or more qualified vendor for Diplomas, Inserts, & Diploma Covers to the District.

The District intends to select organizations to provide high quality CAPS, GOWNS AND TASSEL SETS . To facilitate submission and evaluation of proposals, the following provides relevant background information, scope of work requirements, and instructions for services providers to submit their proposal responses to this RFP.

The District is a large urban school system with over 100 instructional and non-instructional sites, approximately 6,000 teachers and administrative staff, 36,000 District students, and 3,500 classrooms. This includes 62 Pre-K-8 Schools, 31 High Schools (9-12), 2 K-8 schools, 1 Pre-K-6 school, 2 remote school options (K-8, 9-12) and 1 Online Building (K-12). The demographics of our student population include 63.9% Black or African American, 17.2% Hispanic, 14.5% White and 4.4% Other.

The Cleveland Municipal School District dba The Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) is requesting firm pricing of caps, gowns and tassel sets for the graduating students for our District. There are approximately thirty (30) schools (High School, Campus, Academy, etc.) that will have graduating seniors. Last year, approximately 2,300 cap, gown and tassel sets were ordered for our graduates.