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A -- BEGINNING POSTSECONDARY STUDENTS LONGITUDINAL STUDY 1996-2001(BPS:96/2001) SOL RFP- ED-99-R-0014 DUE 050499 POC Yolanda L. Abney, 202-708-6498, Zilphia E. Wright, Contract Specialist, (202) 708-8572 Beginning Postsecondary Students Longitudinal Study 1996-2001(BPS:96/2001). The U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, National Center for Education Statistics(NCES) proposes to solicit a 42 month contract to provide a large complex data collection. This data collection, BPS:96/2001, is designed to be the third in the series of longitudinal data collection efforts involving first-time entrants to postsecondary education in the 1995-96 academic year. This effort stated in 1996 as part of the National Postsecondary Student Aid Study(NPSAS:96) and continued through 1998. BPS:96/2001 will collect data elements concerning postsecondary education activities work force activities and other experiences of postsecondary education program completers. The method of data collection will be telephone and personal interviews. This study will culminate in a descriptive report and documented data files. RFP-ED-99-R-0014 will be issued on or about April 1, 1999. The closing date is May 4, 1999. Telephone requests should be placed by calling (202) 708-6498. The Request for Proposals can also be found on the Internet on or about the RFP issue date at:http://gcs.ed.gov or gopher://gcs.ed.gov. Written requests should be sent to the address given above. Copies may be picked up after the date of release. Because of tightened security, offerors cannot enter our building on their own. To pick up a copy of the RFP or to drop off proposals, offerors shall go to the D Street exit and have the guard call (202) 708-8191 and ask to sign the offerors in, in order to deliver the proposals. The proposal will be stamped with the time and date arrival Posted 03/19/99 (I-SN310674). (0078)

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