MODIFICATION
B -- Solicitation: Second Follow-up of the High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 (HSLS:09) - Solicitation 1
- Notice Date
- 4/9/2014
- Notice Type
- Modification/Amendment
- NAICS
- 541720
— Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities
- Contracting Office
- Department of Education, Contracts & Acquisitions Management, Contracts (All ED Components), 550 12th Street, SW, 7th Floor, Washington, District of Columbia, 20202
- ZIP Code
- 20202
- Solicitation Number
- ED-IES-13-R-0062
- Point of Contact
- Brenda L. Jefferson, Phone: 202-245-6180, Deila Johnson, Phone: (202)245-6183
- E-Mail Address
-
brenda.jefferson@ed.gov, deila.johnson@ed.gov
(brenda.jefferson@ed.gov, deila.johnson@ed.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- ATTACHMENT I - HSLS SUBCONTRACTING PLAN REVIEW FORMS ATTACHMENT H - EVALUATION CRITERIA ATTACHMENT G - CONFLICT OF INTEREST CERTIFICATION ATTACHMENT F - CONTRACT EMPLOYEE SECURITY TRAINING ATTACHMENT E - HSLS PAST PERFORMANCE ATTACHMENT D - HSLS BILLING INSTRUCTIONS ATTACHMENT C - HSLS PRICING SCHEDULE ATTACHMENT B - HSLS QASP ATTACHMENT A - HSLS PWS HSLS FORM SF33 SOLICITATION This announcement releases Request for Proposals (RFP) ED-IES-13-R-0062. All proposals must be submitted no later than the due date and time stated in the RFP to the attention of Brenda Jefferson. The reference number to be used for the solicitation is ED-IES-13-R-0062. All correspondence and proposals must cite the Solicitation number and Title as provided for the procurement. In addition, include the Solicitation Number and Title in the subject line of all e-mails. The RFP is a Full and Open Competition. The North American Industry classification System (NAICS) Code used to define this acquisition is 541720 Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities. All responsible sources may submit a proposal, which will be considered by the agency. It is anticipated that the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) in the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of the U.S. Department of Education will award one contract, with a period of performance of 60 months. The support requirement of the Second Follow-up HSLS:09 will be to collect data elements concerning family background, secondary school experiences, post-high school experiences including postsecondary education activities, work force activities, and the experiences of high school dropouts. The method of data collection will be internet, telephone, and personal interviews. This study will culminate in a First Look report and documented data files. The contract type is anticipated to be a Hybrid which include both cost-reimbursement and fixed price tasks. Potential offerors may submit clarification questions no later than April 16, 2014 by 11:30 AM Eastern Time. Questions may be directed by e-mail to brenda.jefferson@ed.gov, Contract Specialist, with concurrent copy to deila.johnson@ed.gov, Contracting Officer. The Government will make award to the responsible offeror(s) whose offer conforms to the solicitation, has no deficiencies (as defined in FAR 15.001) and is most advantageous to the Government, cost or price and other factors considered. For this solicitation, price will be a substantial factor in source selection, however quality factors (including technical merit and past performance), considered together, are significantly more important than cost or price. The Contracting Officer will determine whether the difference in quality is worth the difference in cost or price. Please review the RFP which includes Section L, Instructions to Offerors and Additional Instructions to Offerors for further information. All responsible sources may submit a proposal that, if timely received by the Department, shall be considered by the agency. _____________________________ __________________________________________ PRESOLICITATION NOTICE This is a presolicitation notice. The United States Department of Education has a requirement for a large, complex data collection. This data collection, the Second Follow-up of the High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 (HSLS:09), is designed to continue the series of longitudinal data collection efforts that began with the National Longitudinal Study of 1972 (NLS-72) and was followed by High School and Beyond (HS&B), the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88), and the Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 (ELS:2002). HSLS:09 began with a ninth grade cohort in 2009 and was followed by the First Follow-up in 2012. A shorter update collection was conducted in 2013. The subject of this performance work statement, the Second Follow-up student survey, will be conducted in the spring of 2016. The Second Follow-up of HSLS:09 will collect data elements concerning family background, secondary school experiences, post-high school experiences including postsecondary education activities, work force activities, and the experiences of high school dropouts. The method of data collection will be internet, telephone, and personal interviews. This study will culminate in a First Look report and documented data files. The Department anticipates the release of the “Second Follow-up of the High School Longitudinal Study of 2009” in March 2014. The Department anticipates the period of performance for the hybrid contract (fixed-price and cost-reimbursement tasks) will be a 60 months. ___________________________________________________________________ REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) The High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 Second Follow-up (HSLS:09/16) REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) The U.S. Department of Education (the Department) is conducting market research to support a requirement for The High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 Second Follow-up (HSLS:09/16). This large, complex data collection is designed to continue the series of longitudinal data collection efforts that began with the National Longitudinal Study of 1972 (NLS-72) and was followed by High School and Beyond (HS&B), the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88), and the Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 (ELS:2002). HSLS:09 began with a ninth grade cohort in 2009 and was followed by the First Follow-up in 2012. A shorter update collection was conducted in 2013. The Second Follow-up student survey collection will be conducted in the spring of 2016. The Second Follow-up of HSLS:09 will collect data elements concerning family background, secondary school experiences, post-high school experiences including postsecondary education activities, work force activities, and the experiences of high school dropouts. The method of data collection will be internet, telephone, and personal interviews. This study will culminate in a First Look report and documented data files. The Department needs to determine if there are small business sources with all of the following areas of knowledge, capabilities, and successful experiences. This notice is provided as information to the marketplace and is an invitation for potential offerors to express interest and provide information regarding their relevant capabilities. Small businesses are encouraged to team with other large or small businesses for this requirement. The Department is seeking information on whether small businesses that are certified as HUBZone, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), Women-owned (WO), 8(a), or Small Disadvantaged have the required capabilities to perform the Performance Work Statement tasks. Small businesses are requested to provide capability statements that address the Draft Performance Work Statement. Instructions are provided as follows: In response to the attached Draft PWS, the Department hereby solicits capability statements from eligible contractors. These statements shall be no longer than three pages, single-spaced with a minimum of one-inch margins and 12 point font. Contractors shall include up to five resumes in the appendix. Each resume must be no more than three pages and clearly demonstrate that individuals have the skills to perform the work described within the Performance Work Statement. Only resumes for key personnel that would work on the contract may be included. The resumes will not be counted as part of the three page limit for the capability statement. The capability statement should describe the qualifications and experience of key personnel, as well as related corporate experience and capacity, in each of the following areas: • Demonstrate qualifications, knowledge and experience of managing national large scale sample surveys. • Demonstrate successful experience in conducting large scale national surveys for postsecondary education institutions and individuals, as well as, the key staff, consultants or subcontractors. • Demonstrate experience with administrative record collection and/or data systems to support collection of administrative data, and • Provide documentation of past projects conducted of similar scale and scope, and complexity. Alternatively, the Capability Statement can address a specific task or group of tasks: • Identify the task or tasks, • Demonstrate qualifications, knowledge and experience of managing the requirements of the selected tasks, • Demonstrate successful experience in accomplishing the requirements of the tasks(s), and • Provide documentation of past projects. NOTE: No conflicts of interest shall exist (See EDAR CLAUSE 3452.209-71, Conflict of Interest). NAICS Codes: The small business size standards changed on March 12, 2012. All small businesses are encouraged to ensure their ORCA and CCR designations are correct. Interested parties having the capabilities necessary to perform the stated requirements may submit capability statements via email to Brenda Jefferson, Contract Specialist at Brenda.Jefferson@ed.gov and Deila Johnson, Contracting Officer at Deila.Johnson@ed.gov. Please address each requirement in the order listed above. This is not an invitation for bid, request for proposal or other solicitation and in no way obligates the Department to award a contract. This notice's sole intent is to obtain capabilities for set-aside and procurement planning purposes. Please provide the following Business information: 1. DUNS Number 2. Company Name 3. Company Address 4. Company Point of Contact, phone number and email address 5. Type of company under NAICS, as validated via the System for Award Management (SAM). Additional information on NAICS codes can be found at www.sba.gov. Any potential government contract must be registered on the SAM located at http://www.sam.gov. 6. Corporate structure (corporation, LLC, sole proprietorship, partnership, limited liability partnership, professional corporation, etc.) 7. Point of Contact, phone number and email address of individuals who can verify the demonstrated capabilities identified in the responses 8. Responders should also include a statement about whether or not they have an approved Federal audited accounting system. If the responder has an approved accounting system, please provide the certification in which the accounting system was deemed adequate (e.g. the name of the audit agency and audit number).You may submit as an attachment, which will not count towards the overall page limit. ________________________________________________________________ PRE-SOLICITATION CONFERENCE WEBINAR The U.S. Department of Education (the Department) is hosting a Pre-solicitation Conference Webinar that is open to all responsible offerors. The purpose of this Webinar is to: (1) identify potential offerors; (2) provide information to better understand the Department's requirements; and (3) maximize competition. Interested Offerors are invited to participate in a Pre-solicitation Conference Webinar on Date: Friday, September 6, 2013 at Time: 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Eastern Time (ET). Instructions to access the WEBINAR are below. Please RSVP for the WEBINAR to deila.johnson@ed.gov by August 30, 2013, 4:30p.m. ET. In the RSVP email, please include your company name, list of attendees, and business size (small or large). Additionally, the attached Draft Performance Work Statement is provided to interested parties for questions and comments. All questions and comments shall be in writing. In addition, the Department is interested in receiving feedback on the following: 1. The anticipated contract type will be a hybrid contract (i.e. fixed price and cost reimbursement tasks). Are tasks that include research and development feasible given the type of award tentatively assigned? 2. Are project requirements feasible given the anticipated timelines? Please e-mail all questions and comments by August 30, 2013, 4:30p.m. ET to deila.johnson@ed.gov. There will be time for questions and answers at the WEBINAR. Questions asked in writing by August 30, 2013 will be answered at the conference. Questions asked at the conference will be answered in an addendum to the solicitation. Responses to all questions will be posted with the solicitation on www.fbo.gov. Instructions to access the WEBINAR: Topic: High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 (HSLS:09) Second Follow-up Pre-solicitation Conference Date: Friday, September 6, 2013 Time: 10:00 am, Eastern Daylight Time (New York, GMT-04:00) Meeting Number: 272 716 736 Meeting Password: HSLS09 ------------------------------------------------------- To join the online meeting (Now from mobile devices!) ------------------------------------------------------- 1. Go to https://educate.webex.com/educate/j.php?ED=29533748&UID=0&PW=NYWUzNTkyOTg3&RT=MiMxMQ%3D%3D 2. If requested, enter your name and email address. 3. If a password is required, enter the meeting password: HSLS09 4. Click "Join". To view in other time zones or languages, please click the link: https://educate.webex.com/educate/j.php?ED=29533748&UID=0&PW=NYWUzNTkyOTg3&ORT=MiMxMQ%3D%3D ------------------------------------------------------- To join the teleconference only ------------------------------------------------------- Dial In: 888-469-3216 Passcode: 7623104 ------------------------------------------------------- For assistance ------------------------------------------------------- 1. Go to https://educate.webex.com/educate/mc 2. On the left navigation bar, click "Support".
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Washington, District of Columbia, 20202, United States
- Zip Code: 20202
- Zip Code: 20202
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