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A -- RESEARCH EVALUATION SOL n/a DUE 011900 POC Christianita Testamark, Contract Specialist, 202-708-8419. 1. The Department of Education is soliciting proposals for the Learning Anytime Anywhere Partnerships program (LAAP). The LAAP program is intended to help postsecondary education institutions in the United States make the transition to a new generation of distance education that has been made possible by the explosive growth of the Internet and other new technologies. The scope of the requirement includes: 1) design of a multi-year evaluation plan that includes both formative and summative evaluation and a system for analyzing common data across projects; 2) preliminary formative evaluation activities that result in a report of first-year results by June, 2000; 3) working with FIPSE program staff to develop and use appropriate tools and methods, to collect and analyze quantitative information about the program and to determine appropriate units of analysis. Your technical proposal should respond to the following evaluation criteria: Knowledge and experience in educational evaluation, including qualitative and quantitative methodologies and the evaluation of applications of technology to teaching and learning 35 points; Knowledge and experience in working with higher education organizations 15 points; Meeting tight deadlines for the collection and reporting of data 20 points; Suitability of the plan 30 points. Please prepare your response in the following format: 1) One original and two copies of a business proposal and 2) One original and two copies of a technical proposal. Your response must be submitted no later than January 19, 2000 at 5:00 p.m. Your response should be submitted to: Christianita Testamark Contract Specialist U.S. Department of Education Contracts and Purchasing Operations Group C, Mail Stop 4446 ROB#3, Room 3624 7th & D Streets, S.W. Washington, DC 20202-4731 Phone: (202)708-8419 Fax: (202)708-9964 E-mail: Christianita_Testamark@ed.gov The Department anticipates a purchase order award using simplified acquisition procedures. In accordance with FAR 13.003(b)(1) this acquisitionhas been set aside exclusively for small business concerns. For copies of the SOW and responses to offerors questions contact Angela Robinson at 202-708-8279 or Angela_Robinson@ed.gov or visit the Department of Education's Web site at http://ocfo.ed.gov/coninfo/laaprfp.htm. Posted 01/07/00 (W-SN414138). (0007)

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