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R -- TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO STATES IMPLEMENTING SCHOOL-TO-WORK SYSTEMS. SOL SOL RFI-DAA-97-27 DUE 032497 POC POC Chari A. Magruder, Keith A. Bond, 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 May of 1996. The States and their local partners utilize individual lines of credit to purchase technical assistance serivces 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, tehcnical 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, approxi- mately 15 days from the 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 March 24, 1997, at 2:00 p.m., local time. Request must cite RFI-DAA-97-27 and must include two (2) self-addressed labels. (0030)

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