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D -- D-CAMPUS-BASED PROGRAMS SYSTEMS SUPPORT SOL RFP-96-007 DUE 121595 POC LaTonya Simpson, 202-708-8191, Janet D Scott, Contract Specialist, 202-708-9979, Marilyn Goldstein, Contracting Officer. This acquistion is being offered for competition limited to eligible 8 (a) concerns. The applicable SIC code for these concerns is 7374- Computer Processing and Data Preparation and Processing Services. This contract requires the operation of a system to support the administration of the Campus-Based Programs, together with all services and personnel necessary. In addition to ADP support, the contract requires such services as data entry, customer service, printing and mailing, clerical support, and quality assurance and qulaity control activities. The administration of these programs involves may activities, including but not limited to, the collection land editing of data, the allocation and distribution of funds, the update and maintenance of school-related data, and the providing of loan default prevention assistance. Anticipated issue date is 12/15/95 and closing date 01/15/95. Requests for copies may be made by telephone, mail, telegram, or in person. All telephone requests may be only placed at (202) 708-6498. Mail or telegram requests shall be sent to the above address. Copies may be picked up in person on the above issue date at the same address. The Draft Work Statement will be available through the ED Bulletin Board on or about December 4, 1995. Printed copies are not available. There are no pre-registration requirements or user charges ( except for long distante telephone costs). The ED Bulletin Board number is (202)-260-9950. There are four 14,000 bps modems with settings of 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, no parity. To log on the bulletin board enter First Name, Last Name, City, State, and Password ( New users will create a password when logging on for the first time). After logging on : (1) proceed to the Main Menu; (2) on the BBS Main Menu press the letter corresponding on Campus-Based Programs Systems Support; (3) type ''D'' followed by the filename yuou wish to download (4) select a download protocol (Xmodem, Zmodem, etc.) for the BBS PC (5) and, if necessary, select the same protocol on your PC to begin transferring. The Draft Statement ofWork is in WordPerfect 5.1 format and available in a compressed file (PKZip). After downloading, decompress the zip file using pkunzip.exe which is available on BBS. to decompress, put the zip file and pkunzip in the same directory, type ''pkunzip filename.zip. Internet: Users can connect to ED Board via telnet at fedworld.gov. On Fedworld, proceed to Research, Technical, and Education Mall Gateway and connect to BBS #110. (0340)

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