SOLICITATION NOTICE
A -- NAEP Achievement Levels Evaluation - DRAFT NAEP Achievement Levels SOO
- Notice Date
- 4/24/2014
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- 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-14-R-0011
- Point of Contact
- Scott Frankel, Phone: 202-245-6822, Veronica L. Price, Phone: 202-245-6158
- E-Mail Address
-
Scott.Frankel@ed.gov, veronica.price@ed.gov
(Scott.Frankel@ed.gov, veronica.price@ed.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- DRAFT NAEP Achievement Levels SOO The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), also known as the Nation's Report Card, is the largest nationally representative and continuing assessment of what America's students know and can do in various subject areas at grades 4, 8, and 12. Congressionally authorized since 1969, NAEP is a project of the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) within the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of the U.S. Department of Education. The NCES Commissioner is responsible for carrying out the NAEP project. Under the provisions of P.L. 107-279, the Secretary of Education is required to provide for continuing review of the NAEP assessment. The legislation identifies the issues to be addressed in the reviews, one of which includes the requirement to evaluate whether the NAEP achievement levels, are "reasonable, valid, reliable and informative to the public." P.L. 107-279 (2002), Sec. 303(e)(2)(C) states that NAEP achievement levels shall be used on a trial basis until the Commissioner for Education Statistics determines, as a result of an evaluation under Sec. 303(f), that such levels are "reasonable, valid, and informative to the public". Pursuant to the legislative authorities described above, IES has been asked by the Secretary of Education to conduct an independent and objective evaluation of the NAEP achievement levels. The anticipated contract seeks to obtain the services and expertise of an organization with experience evaluating large scale assessments to conduct an evaluation of the achievement levels used to report NAEP results. This effort is intended to provide the Commissioner of Education Statistics with information necessary to inform his decision about whether the current trial status of the NAEP achievement levels can be removed or whether they should remain in trial status. The anticipated contract will include a 18-month Base Period and one 24-month Option Period. The anticipated contract type is Firm Fixed Price (FFP); however, offerors shall have some flexibility in this area as will be noted in the RFP. The Department intends to post the Request For Proposals (RFP) on the Federal Business Opportunities website (www.fbo.gov) for full and open competition in early May 2014. Large and small businesses may submit proposals. Small businesses are strongly encouraged to form teaming arrangements or partnerships to ensure that they submit viable proposals which demonstrate strong capacity to address all aspects of the requirement. Large businesses will be required to ensure that they offer subcontracting opportunities to small businesses. Please review the DRAFT NAEP Achievement Levels Statement of Objectives (SOO) for full details regarding the scope of work. All questions or comments pertaining to this notice or its contents should be directed to Scott Frankel, Contract Specialist via EMAIL ONLY at scott.frankel@ed.gov; with a carbon copy to Veronica L. Price, Contracting Officer at Veronica.Price@ed.gov.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/ED/OCFO/CPO/ED-IES-14-R-0011/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Washington, District of Columbia, 20202, United States
- Zip Code: 20202
- Zip Code: 20202
- Record
- SN03347717-W 20140426/140424234857-d1593f47cbf554cae1fcd2f243610607 (fbodaily.com)
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