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D -- COHORT DEFAULT RATE APPEAL RESOLUTION & AUTOMATION PROCESS SOL RFP-ED-98-R-006Z DUE 040798 POC Yolanda L. Abney, 202-708-6498,or James Hairfield, Contract Specialist (202) 708-8529 This was previously synopsized as RFP-98-006 in August,1997. The U.S. Department of Education is seeking contractual support to analyze, research, review, and improve existing systems/activities in order to process and to facilitate the completion of a large volume of school appeals in the Default Management Division (DMD). To fulfill this task, the Contractor shall review documentation submitted by schools which are appealing the calculation of their cohort default rates for the Federal Student Financial Assistance Programs, and shall verify the accuracy of the cohort default rates that were calculated by the Department. The contractor shall also review documentation submitted by schools which are appealing their loss of Federal Family Education Loan and/or Direct Loan Programs eligibility and shall improve existing work processes and perform analysis on future improvements to the work flow and process. Anticipated issue date is 04/07/98 with a closing date of 05/12/98. Requests for copies may be madeby telephone, mail, telegram, internet, or in person. Telephone requests shall be made to (202) 708-6498. Parts of this document will be available at the OCFO web internet site at http://ocfo.ed.gov/or gopher://ocfo.ed.gov. See Contract Information/Contract Documents On-Line menu. For questions on OCFO web contact George Wagner at (202) 708-6775. To pick up a copy of RFP ED-98-R-006Z or to drop off proposal, offerors must enter through the D Street entrance of the GSA-NCR Building. (0070)

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