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R -- TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO STATES IMPLEMENTING SCHOOL-TO-WORK SYSTEMS. SOL RFI-DAA-96-32 DUE 031196 POC Lorraine H. Saunders, Contracting Officer, (202) 219-8698. The Departments of Labor and Education jointly administer the School-to-Work Opportunities Act of 1994. Joint administration of the Act is carried out by the National School-to-Work Office. The School-to-Work office seeks to provide States and their local partners with access to technical assistance that is based on their individually determined needs, a choice in selecting appropriate experts, and financial support to purchase the services that they require. A technical assistance resource bank of School-to-Work experts was established in June of 1995. The States and their local partners utilize individual lines of credit to purchase technical assistance services from this resource bank. Through this Request for Information, the National School-to-Work office seeks to expand the resource bank by identifying additional experts with proven ability to provide high quality, timely, technical assistance to States implementing School-to-Work systems. No Federal Government contract, cooperative agreement, grant or any other financial arrangement shall result from a selection to this bank. Requests for Information will be available upon written requests only, approximately 15 days after due date of publication on a first come, first served basis, while supplies lasts. Telephone requests will not be honored. For requests made after the supply is exhausted, the Contracting Officer may determine whether payment of a fee is warranted. The fee will not exceed the actual cost of duplication of the solicitation documents. Closing date for receipt of proposals is April 10, 1996, at 2:00 p.m. local time. Request must cite RFI-DAA-96-32 and must include two (2) self-addressed, gummed labels. (0058)

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