Workforce Education and Benefits Planning Services

Overview

Education, Training & Libraries

Arkansas, United States; Little Rock, Arkansas, United StatesPosted 2 months agoDeadline: April 2nd, 2026

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SUMMARY

Seeking a provider for statewide workforce education and benefits planning services supporting students with individualized assistance related to SSA benefits.

KEY REQUIREMENTS

BUDGET

Estimate

$1,400,000 – $2,800,000

CONTRACT DURATION

84 months

TIMELINE

Solicitation Issued: March 5th, 2026

Questions Due: March 12th, 2026

State's Consolidated Written Response Posted: March 19th, 2026

Bid Response Due Date: April 2nd, 2026

Live Bid Opening: April 2nd, 2026

Anticipated Contract Start Date: July 1st, 2026

QUESTION DEADLINE

March 13th, 2026

Issuing Agency

Arkansas Rehabilitation Services

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DESCRIPTION

A government authority in Little Rock, Arkansas seeks a vendor to provide workforce education and benefits planning services across all 288 school districts in 75 counties within the state. Services require at least 400 hours of direct, one-on-one assistance focused on benefits planning for individual students.

Duties include reporting wages to the Social Security Administration (SSA), conducting benefits queries per student requests, troubleshooting issues on individual student cases with SSA, assisting students in obtaining earned income exclusions, and creating plans to help them achieve self-support. The selected vendor should be capable of delivering these specialized services statewide.

Source attribution

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