Enterprise-Grade Academic Integrity Tool

Overview

Education, Training & Libraries

Columbus, Ohio, United States; Cleveland, Ohio, United States; Kent, Ohio, United States; Geneva, Switzerland; Independence, Ohio, United States; New York City, New York, United States; Florence, ItalyPosted about 1 month agoDeadline: April 17th, 2026

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SUMMARY

RFP for an academic integrity platform with Canvas integration, direct student submissions, and advanced plagiarism and AI-content detection features for a one-year contract.

KEY REQUIREMENTS

BUDGET

Estimate

$1,000,000 – $3,000,000

CONTRACT DURATION

36 months

TIMELINE

Monday, March 23rd, 2026: RFP issued

Wednesday, April 1st, 2026, 1:00 PM Eastern: Deadline to submit questions to Larry McWilliams

Wednesday, April 8th, 2026, no later than 1:00 PM Eastern: University response to vendor questions received posted to Procurement website

Friday, April 17th, 2026, 4:30 PM Eastern: Proposals due via DynamicForms submission; distribution of proposals received and evaluations to begin the following Monday, April 20th, 2026

Period of April 20th through May 1st, 2026: Evaluation of proposals received; follow-up questions sent to select respondents AND/OR selection and scheduling of finalists for presentations/interviews, if necessary

No later than the week of May 4th, 2026, specific date(s) TBA: Vendor presentations, if necessary

Late May 2026: Anticipated announcement of contract award; drafting and negotiation of contract

June 2026: Formal execution of contract, and integration logistics with awarded vendor to follow

QUESTION DEADLINE

April 1st, 2026

Issuing Agency

Kent State University

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DESCRIPTION

The client is seeking a vendor to provide an enterprise-grade academic integrity platform designed to integrate seamlessly with Canvas LMS. The platform must support direct student submissions, ensure reliable plagiarism and AI-assisted content detection, and emphasize usability, student privacy, accessibility, and instructional flexibility.

Required features include integration with Canvas, direct submission functionality, the ability to ingest the institution's existing submission database, and comprehensive scanning capability for common file formats such as PDF, DOC, DOCX, XLS, XLSX, PPT, PPTX, and TXT. The contract term will be for one year, and questions regarding the RFP are due no later than April 1, 2026.

Source attribution

This Settle analysis is based on the issuing organization’s public RFP listing.