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U -- STUDENT FINANCIAL AID TRAINING SOL PM-97-017 POC Linda Feeney, Contract Specialist 202-708-8282 or Joann Lane, Contract Specialist 202-260-6219 Notice of Availability of Draft Statement of Work and allied documents. The U.S. Department of Education is seeking contractual support to develop, conduct, and provide support for national training programs and other activities which inform student financial assistance program participants of statutory and regulatory requirements of the federal student aid programs. The U.S. Department of Education uses a variety of methods to train school personnel in the administration and management of the Title IV programs, including traditional lecture training, "hands on" software training, publications, videos, video conference, and computer-based instruction. It is anticipated that two contracts will be awarded, one of which is being reserved for an 8(a) firm. The period of performance for this contract is five years (one base year and four option years.) Potential offerors are invited to review the Draft Statement of Work for the Student Financial Aid Training Contracts. The Draft Statement of Work will be announced on or about April 15, 1997. These documents will be available on the OCFO Web Site from the Contract Information/Contract Documents On-Line page. Internet address is http://ocfo.ed.gov. For technical questions on OCFO Web, call Audrey Hawkins or George Wagner at (202) 708-6775. For questions relating to actual document posting, call the contract specialists listed above. With this posting, the Department is requesting public comments and advice on the content, time schedule, feasibility and other aspects of this Draft Statement of Work. Please submit your comments via E-Mail to Linda_Feeney@ed.gov or Fax (if less than 15 pages) at (202) 708-9964, or by mail to the attention of Linda Feeney/Joann Lane, U.S. Department of Education, Contracts and Purchasing Operations, ROB-3, Room 3624/MS 4446, 7th and D Streets, SW, Washington, DC 20202-4446. All comments are due by 12:00 noon EST May 2, 1997. THIS IS NOT A SYNOPSIS OF A SOLICITATION. A solicitation synopsis is expected to be released by the end of June 1997. At that time, potential offerors may request a copy of the actual solicitation. Requests to be placed on the mailing list for the solicitation, RFP 97-017, may be directed to the Attention of Yolanda Abney by telephone (202)-6498. (0104)

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