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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF APRIL 11, 2004 FBO #0867
SOURCES SOUGHT

R -- Local Systemic Change Initiative

Notice Date

4/9/2004
 

Notice Type

Sources Sought
 

NAICS

541611 — Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services
 

Contracting Office

National Science Foundation, Division of Acquisition and Cost Support, DACS, 4201 Wilson Boulevard Room 475, Arlington, VA, 22230
 

ZIP Code

22230
 

Solicitation Number

Reference-Number-REC-04000
 

Response Due

4/24/2004
 

Archive Date

4/24/2004
 

Point of Contact

Jeffrey Leithead, Contract Specialist, Phone (703) 292-4595, Fax (703) 292-9140/9141, - Patricia Williams, Section Head, Section II, Phone (703) 292-4596, Fax (703) 292-9140/9141,
 

E-Mail Address

jleithea@nsf.gov, pswillia@nsf.gov
 

Description

SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION. The National Science Foundation (NSF) is seeking sources to evaluate and monitor the Local Systemic Change (LSC) initiative in accordance with requirements delineated below. Division of Elementary, Secondary, and Informal Education (ESIE) is responsible for the LSC initiativeProgram , a component of NSF?s Teacher Enhancement program since 1994. LSC is a major ESIE undertaking; and collection and processing of the core data has been a substantial effort and commitment over the past eight years. The current contract expires October 15, 2004. No new LSC projects were funded after 2002. NSF anticipates completion of the project will require two additional years. The effort will include monitoring of the remaining LSC projects and completing the remaining deliverables. The final deliverables will provide valuable information to the field on directing research and educational efforts more efficiently. Deliverables include: a summative evaluation, a report of findings, disseminating instruments and protocols, and describing changes in the context of the program over the last 10 years. Additionally, the contractor will prepare a technical document (publication), appropriate for dissemination to relevant audiences, that fully describes the instruments, their potential for evaluation of education programming and practice, documentation of their reliability and validity, and the skill and training needed for their effective use. The wealth of data amassed thus far provides an opportunity to concentrate on these latter aspects of the LSC evaluation effort with the intent of (1) documenting program impacts; (2) disseminating findings, best practices, assessment instruments, and evaluation methodologies tailored to relevant audiences; and (3) developing a set of questions for future research suggested by the LSC strategy that can deepen NSF?s teacher education and education research programming. the need to collect data from them, has created QUALIFIED OFFERORS RESPONSE INSTRUCTIONS Interested firms should provide a brief description of qualifications and capabilities to perform the services described above, by COB April 24, 2004. It is requested that qualified firms interested in supporting this effort submit a statement of their capabilities to perform the work as described in this notice, this statement should not exceed 10 pages. Efforts should be made to keep responses as BRIEF as possible, concentrating on substantive information essential for a proper review/consideration. The Government will not pay for the cost of response submission. Mailed responses can be sent to the National Science Foundation, Attn: Jeffrey Leithead, Contract Specialist, Division of Acquisition and Cost Support, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Room 475, Arlington, Virginia 22230 or electronically at jleithea@nsf.gov. Facsimile responses are not authorized for this request. This is not a Request for Proposal; therefore no contract will be awarded as a result of this notice.
 

Place of Performance

Address: 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA

Zip Code: 22230

Country: Arlington
 

Record

SN00563501-W 20040411/040409212542 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

FedBizOpps.gov Link to This Notice
(may not be valid after Archive Date)

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