Licensing Examination Services

The State of Kansas, Department of Insurance is seeking competitive bid proposals from qualified vendors to provide services including, but not limited to the development, preparation, and validation of insurance producer examination questions, administration and maintenance of onsite and online insurance producer examinations, and certain additional administrative services. The contract period is from November 1, 2027, through October 31, 2030, with the option to renew for two additional twelve-month periods. The selected vendor will be responsible for providing licensing examination services, including test development, administration, and scoring. The vendor will also be required to provide electronic testing systems, candidate identification procedures, and methods for evaluation of test centers to ensure compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Some key requirements for the vendor include: * Providing a detailed description of their electronic testing system * Describing their plan to establish test sites in the state of Kansas * Providing a sample of a passing and failing score report * Describing their policies and procedures for legal defense of examinations in the event of examination appeals or challenges to the validity of examinations developed by the vendor * Describing methods for ensuring examinations are developed and produced under secure conditions