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T -- PUBLICATION SERVICES FOR THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION, WASHINGTON, DC 20408 SOL NAMA-98-N10-P-0031 DUE 092998 POC Wynell Schamel, NWE, 202/501-6729 This serves as a Sources Sought Notice to locate qualified sources for a publisher to reinvigorate the successful educational publication series of primary source learning packages developed by the NARA Education Staff and previously published by a variety of companies. The following information is provided to do a Market Survey of industry to see if there are any potential contractor who have the skills and knowledge required to complete this effort. This announcement is NOT a formal solicitation and is NOT a request for proposal. Availability of any formal solicitation will be announced separately. This synopsis is for information and planning purposes ONLY and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government. The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is seeking a publisher to reinvigorate the successful educational publication series of primary source learning packages developed by the NARA Education Staff and previously published by a variety of companies. NARA's highly acclaimed education program produces publications in several formats that feature reproductions of documents from the holdings of the National Archives and accompanying learning materials. The formats include the following: . kits containing 40-70 documents and a teachers guide to using the documents in classrooms . booklets of 10 or more documents and questions to help students analyze them . compilations of journal articles each of which features a NARA document, a brief historical background of the documents, and teaching activities for a variety of ages and abilities . teacher-created lesson plans developed by participants in the NARA annual research workshop for educators. Topics covered by the publications span more than 200 years of U.S. hishtory and Government. The documents reproduced in the publications include textual records, photographs, mats, charts, drawilngs, cartoons, sound recordings, and motion pictures.The learning materials are appropriate for upper elementary throug college level students. Examples of these products may be seen on the NARA Web site at www.nara.gov/education in The Digital Classroom, a section produced for students and teachers by NARA's education specialists. The National Archives invites contractors to review the materials, discuss possibilities for revitalizing the projects, and recommend a plan for making these document-based publications available to the education community. NARA is seeking an overall concept for the publication program including editing, design, marketing, and distribution services. The Government WILL NOT respond to any request for a solicitation package in response to this request for information. The Government WILL NOT pay for any materials provided to it in response to this synopsis and submittals will not be returned to the sender. Please forward all descriptive literature information and pricing to: Wynell Schamel, 700 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Room 18N, Washington, DC 20408. Ms. Schamel may be contacted on 202/501-6729. Posted 09/14/98 (W-SN249448). (0257)

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