SOURCES SOUGHT
R -- Research and Evaluation of Employment and Training Administration Initiatives and Short and Mid-term Turn-Around Special Research Topics
- Notice Date
- 12/23/2009
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541611
— Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Labor, Employment Training Administration, Division of Contract Services, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW, Room N-4655, Washington, District of Columbia, 20210
- ZIP Code
- 20210
- Solicitation Number
- DOL101RI20230
- Archive Date
- 1/30/2010
- Point of Contact
- Jillian L Matz, Phone: 202-693-3315, DaVeana Johnson, Phone: 202-693-2634
- E-Mail Address
-
matz.jillian@dol.gov, johnson.daveana@dol.gov
(matz.jillian@dol.gov, johnson.daveana@dol.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- The U.S. Department of Labor is seeking qualified contractors that can provide design and analytical support for research and evaluation activities undertaken by the Employment and Training Administration's (ETA). We are looking for firms that qualify under the Small Business Programs mentioned in Federal Acquisition Regulation Subpart 19. When submitting your response, please indicate all programs under which you meet the criteria. The proposed acquisition will be classified under the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code 541611, and the Small Business Standard is $7 million. ETA in supporting its goal to inform the development of workforce policies and investments and support the continuous improvement of the public workforce investment system by analyzing, formulating, and recommending legislative changes and options for policy initiatives. ETA seeks strategic approaches to improve performance and outcomes through research, demonstrations, and the evaluation of major ETA programs. These activities can be related to existing programs, the exploration of new initiatives and policy analysis related to both. These activities also may include collaboration with other federal agencies, such as the Departments of Education, and Health and Human Services among others. The contractor will be responsible for carrying out research and evaluation activities and delivering a variety of evaluation products. Activities undertaken as part of this contract include, but are not limited to, developing evaluation design reports, conducting data collection activities, analyzing data, developing reports, convening meetings, and providing briefings to executive-level federal staff. The contractor must be able to develop and implement an appropriate, rigorous, and feasible evaluation design based on the type of initiative that will be evaluated, and prepare reports based on the analysis of data collected. All contractors responding to this announcement must demonstrate their experience in the aforementioned work. Pertinent factors for consideration of qualifications are the primary contractor's demonstrated experience with the following: (1) Publishing peer reviewed articles, research and evaluation reports (2) serving as the lead author for developing each type of evaluation design: (a) implementation study; (b) outcomes study; (c) random assignment impacts study; and (d) quasi-experimental impacts study; (3) collecting participant-level administrative data from state agencies; (4) collecting wage and other administrative data from state agencies, including entering into data sharing agreements with state agencies; (5) exclusively designing a survey, including computer-assisted telephone interviews (CATI) survey (6) providing in-house administration of a survey to a minimum of 5,000 respondents, with a minimum of 80 percent response rate (7) exclusively designing and coding a participant tracking systems (8) designing and conducting focus groups (9) developing documents to support the data collection clearance process with the Office of Management and Budget (10) serving as the lead author for analyzing data and developing a final evaluation report for each type of evaluation: (a) implementation study; (b) outcomes study; (c) random assignment impacts study; and (d) quasi-experimental impacts study (11) designing and administering random assignment as part of an impacts evaluation (12) serving as the primary or lead presenter in oral briefings to executive-level staff (13) developing restricted and unrestricted public datasets (14) Can guarantee the security of data in accordance with NIST Standards (15) Demonstrated capacity to undertake and manage simultaneously, several medium to large scale research and evaluation efforts (as described in factors 1 - 14 above) through the application of existing staff (16) Demonstrated ability to enlist consultants who are recognized experts All interested parties are invited to submit a capabilities statement, to Ms. Jillian Matz, Contracting Officer, Division of Contract Services, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW, Room N4655, Washington, DC 20210. Responses are due January 18, 2010 by 4 p.m. EST. Electronic copies of capability statements are preferred and may be emailed to matz.jillian@dol.gov. The response must be specific to each of the qualifications listed above to demonstrate that the respondent has the skills and experience. The submittals shall not exceed 10 pages, TOTAL. A determination by the Government to proceed with the acquisition as a set-aside is within the discretion of the Government. Please be advised that telephone inquiries will not be accepted. PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOL/ETA/WashingtonDC/DOL101RI20230/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: 200 Constitution Avenue, Room TBD, Washington, District of Columbia, 20210, United States
- Zip Code: 20210
- Zip Code: 20210
- Record
- SN02030777-W 20091225/091223234954-010ac788b9c3c45ee925ef3f02de73fe (fbodaily.com)
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