Algorithmic Policy & Governance · Capstone brief
POL-03 · Procurement questions that bite
Write the RFP questionnaire a division should send any AI vendor — mapped to themes in Virginia’s AI guidance as your teacher cites them from a current official source — not a vendor brochure.
The question
Write the RFP questionnaire a division should send any AI vendor — mapped to themes in Virginia’s AI guidance as your teacher cites them from a current official source — not a vendor brochure.
Policy / materials
Teacher provides or approves the current Virginia AI guidance URL/PDF for citation. Existing division procurement template if available.
Expected failure modes
Copying another district’s list without reading it. Questions that only ask for marketing assurances. No follow-up that would catch a vague answer.
Done looks like
Questionnaire with must-answer items; scoring note for evaluators; red-flag answers; citation to the guidance version/date used.
Five C's
CT: assurance vs evidence. CR: questions that force artifacts. CO: peer role-plays a slippery vendor. CM: usable RFP insert. CZ: students whose data the vendor would touch.
Mentor role
Procurement-aware admin or teacher reviews bite. School-supervised.
Rubric calibration
R1: one purchase context. R2: each question tied to a risk. R3: comparator is status-quo buy. R4: evasion paths named. R5: insert-ready. R6: refuses “trust us” answers.
Two ways this goes wrong
(a) Softballs. (b) A novel with no scoring path.
Credit lane fit
Lane A immediately. No verified credit claim.