RFP ED-99-R-0026
Research, Policy Analysis, and Technical Support For The Division of National Programs of the Office of Vocational and Adult Education


UPDATE JULY 14, 1999
Amendments 0001 and 0002 have been issued. Amendment 0001 made numerous substantive changes to the solicitation document and should be read thoroughly before preparing a proposal. Amendment 0002 provided the Task Order Performance Indicator Form mentioned in the Statement of Work for Task Order Number 2. The link AMENDS.ZIP below contains the text to Amendment 0001, the Task Order Performance Indicator Form discussed above, and a revised PDF version of the Request for Proposal current through Amendment 0002. The RFP as originally released has been replaced on-line with the revised version. If the SOLICIT.ZIP file has previously been downloaded, then the AMENDS.ZIP file is all that needs to be downloaded to prepare a proposal. Otherwise, download both the AMENDS.ZIP and SOLICIT.ZIP files to obtain everything necessary to prepare a proposal.


SOLICITATION NUMBER:  RFP ED-99-R-0026
DUE DATE:  July 29, 1999, 2 P.M. E.S.T.
POC:  Jena Mittleman, Contract Specialist at (202) 708-9229

The U.S. Department of Education intends to award a contract that shall provide the Division of National Programs (DNP) and the Department of Education with data processing and technical support in research, data analysis, policy analysis, and evaluations through an indefinite-quantity contract. Work will be issued through task orders that are either fixed price or time materials task orders. There will be three task orders included with the RFP, "New American High Schools Initiative", "Tech-Prep -- Building a Framework for Future Research, Evaluation and Program Practice", and "Building Linkages". While some tasks can be implemented from any location in the U.S., other tasks will require interviewing Federal staff or obtaining documents located in the Washington D.C. area. The period of performance will be one year with three option years. The contract shall involve literature reviews and syntheses, statistical and descriptive analyses, collection of new data and information (case studies, small-scale surveys and focus group consultations), data and program performance and/or Federal education policy. This contract shall provide technical support to the Department across a wide range of subject areas relating to key issues in: vocational education, career development and workforce development: adult education, literacy and lifelong learning: secondary-post-secondary transitions: education reforms at the secondary and post-secondary levels: program accountability and assessment. Some specific areas of interest include; effective strategies for comprehensive high school reform: state and local implementation of program requirements under the new legislation: preparation, recruitment, and professional development of teachers: accountability and performance measurement at the Federal and State level.

Requests for copies of the RFP may be made by telephone, mail, telegram, Internet, or in person. All requests shall reference the RFP number (ED-99-R-0026) and title. Telephone requests may be placed by calling 202-708-6498. Mail or telegram requests shall be sent to the following address, U.S. Department of Education/CPO, ATTN: Yolanda Abney, Room 3616, 7th & D Streets, SW, Washington, DC 20202-4443. Internet requests may be sent to Yolanda_Abney@ed.gov. Copies of the RFP may be picked up in person on the issuing date at the above address, Room 3616. Issue date is June 30, 1999 and closing date is 2:00PM EST July 29, 1999. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which will be considered. The dates listed herein are subject to change.

Note: The Statement of Work is located in Section C of the Request for Proposal (RFP.PDF file below).

AMENDS.ZIP (164K) - Files associated with Amendments 0001 and 0002, including the text to Amendment 0001 in ASCII Text format, the Task Order Performance Indicator Form made available by Amendment 0002 in MS Excel format and a PDF version of the revised RFP, zipped for easy downloading. Zip utility software is required to extract the 3 files from this zip file before viewing in word processor, spreadsheet, or other applications.

SOLICIT.ZIP (214K) - Files needed to prepare a proposal, zipped for easy downloading, including the RFP.PDF file, a link to which is provided below for quick viewing on-line. The documents contained in this file are in either MS Word, MS Excel, or PDF format. Zip utility software is required to extract the 11 files from this zip file before viewing in word processor, spreadsheet, or other applications.

RFP.PDF (194K) - Request for Proposal, current through Amendment 0002, in PDF format - retains exact formatting as hardcopy. (PDF format allows viewing of the RFP electronically on most computers. The Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is available free, is required to view and print PDF files.)

Contact Gary Weaver at (202) 401-0083 for downloading problems only.

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