U.S. Department of Education, OCFO, Contracts & Purchashing Operations, Support Services Group, 7th & D Street, SW, Room 3616, ROB-3, Washington, DC 20202-4443

A -- BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT-NATIONAL RESULTS BASED REPORTING SYSTEM SOL RFP-97-029 DUE 060597 POC Cheryl Boswell, 202-708-7234 or Yolanda Abney, 708-6498. The U.S. Department of Education requests proposals to design and support the implementation of a national-results-based reporting system for programs supported under the Adult Education Act. The project will focus on developing standard protocols, guidelines, and definitions to be used by states in reporting data to ED, developing technical standards for electronic data collection and submission, developing model training programs to assist state and local providers in measuring, analyzing, and reporting quality information, including how to use data for program improvement and accountability, and identifying evaluation methodologies that states can use to determine the validity, reliability, and accuracy of the data being reported by local programs. Requests for copies of the Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) may be made by telephone, mail, telegram, or in person. ED expects to make one award which will be for no longer than 18 months with an estimated cost $905,00.00. Telephone requests shall be made to (202) 708-6498. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: DEADLINE TO SUBMIT ABSTRACTS (15 DAYS AFTER THE ISSUE DATE). To be considered, abstracts shall be received by 2:00 P.M., EST, June 5, 1997 at the Support Services Group. All abstracts must include the identifier RFP-97-029 and title on all packages. There will be no formal RFP or other solicitation regarding this requirement. ED will us a two step submissions process to evaluate proposals submitted in response to this announcement. Step 1-Offerors must submit abstracts which shall include proposed theoretical and technical approaches, and a cost summary of their budget. Ed will review the abstracts to establish a competitive range. Step 2-ED, after the competitive range is established, will request full technical, past performance, and cost proposals, which will be performance-based, from those offerors who make the competitive range. In the invitation, ED will specify proposal format and content required by regulation, standards for an offeror-developed Statement of Work (SOW), a schedule of deliverables, a cost proposal that provides sufficient detail to allow assessment of cost, evidence of the offeror's capacity to perform the work proposed, details on past performance, and contractor performance information from relevant organizations. A request for proposal does not assure subsequent award. ED reserves the right not to fund a project. Abstracts will be reviewed by government and non-government peers. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, Contracts and Purchasing Operations, 7th & D Streets, SW, Room 3616, ROB-3, Washington, D.C. 20202-4443. (0133)

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