SOLICITATION NUMBER:RFP ED-9-R-0046
DUE DATE:September 23, 1999, 2 P.M. E.S.T.
POC:Pamela J. Weaver, Contract Specialist at (202) 260-0183

The US Department of Education is soliciting proposals to conduct a national assessment of vocational education of secondary and postsecondary schools. This is part of the National Assessment of Vocation Education (NAVE). Findings and recommendations that result from NAVE activities are due to Congress by July 1, 2002. This procurement is for 26 months. This is a first quarter FY 2000 procurement. It will be incrementally funded.

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-0046) 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 August 24, 1999 and Closing date is September 23, 1999. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which will be considered. The dates listed herein are subject to change.

SOLIC46.ZIP (185K) - All files needed to prepare a proposal, zipped for easy downloading, including the RFP in PDF format, which retains exact formatting as the hardcopy RFP, and the Statement of Work in MS Word format. A link to the Statement of Work in HTML format is provided below for quick viewing online. The documents contained in this file are in either MS Word or PDF format. Zip utility software is required to extract the 8 files from this zip file before viewing in word processor or other applications. The Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is available free, is required to view and print PDF files.

SOW46.HTML (66K) - Statement of Work in HTML format for quick viewing online. Conversion to HTML may have changed some formatting. Use the MS Word version to prepare comments or proposals.

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