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

D -- PUBLIC INQUIRY CONTRACT SOL EDOOPE-98-005103 POC JoAnn Lane, Contract Specialist, 202-260-6219 or James Hairfield, 202-708-8529 Revised notice Availability of Statement of Work and allied documents. The U.S. Department of Education is seeking contractual support to provide prompt, thorough and accurate responses to telephone and written inquiries about the postsecondary student aid programs established under Title IV of the Higher Education Act(HEA) of 1965, as amended, and about the policies and procedures related to those programs, the collection of defaulted program loans, as well as for related miscellaneous ancillary services. It is anticipated that one contract will be awarded. The period of performance for this contract is one base period and four option years. The Statement of Work will be issued on or about November 5, 1998. The closing date is December 7, 1998. The Statement of Work and all related documents will be available on the OCFO Web Site from the 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/Coninfo.htm. For technical questions only on OCFO Web, contact Gary Weaver at 202-401-0083. For questions relating to actual documents posting, call the contract specialists listed above. Posted 11/03/98 (I-SN267781). (0307)

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