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

A -- CROSS-CUTTING EDUCATION DATA ANALYSIS SOL RFP-98-R-0006 DUE 050598 POC Yolanda L. Abney, 202-708-6498, Dean Pike, 202-708-8569 The purpose of this contract is to meet within the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), Data Development and Longitudinal Studies Group (DDLSG), requirements for cross-cutting education data research and analysis and for rapid responses to requests for education program and policy information. Task orders and quick-turnaround work requests will be issued under this contract to acquire services using education data at all levels of schooling from preschool through postsecondary, including vocational and special education programs. They will focus on national education data and issues, with emphasis on data collected in NCES's surveys. These surveys include data on public and private schools, school districts, school staff, students, dropouts, and parents of students. The areas or issues to be addressed with this data include the following: 1) Access to, participation in, and progress through school or alternative education programs; 2) Student achievement and attainment; 3) Instructional curriculum and practices; 4) Economic and other outcomes of education; 5) Size, growth, and output of educational institutions; 6) School climate, quality, and characteristics. Under these task orders and quick turnaround work requests the contractor shall perform the following activities: 1) Plan and conduct research; 2) Develop and test data collection instruments; 3) Obtain information from experts; 4)Obtain and maintain data for secondary analysis; 5) Analyze data and prepare reports. Authority for this activity comes under Section 406(b) of the General Education Provision Act, as amended (20 U.S.C. 122e-1). This procurement will take place as a full-and-open competition. Questions about this procurement should be submitted in writing to the Contracting Officer at the following address: U.S. Department of Education, Contracts and Purchasing Operations, ROB-3, Room 3616, MS-4447, Washington, D.C. 20202-4447, Attention: Dean Pike, Contract Specialist. (0075)

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