Department of Defense Education Activity, Hqs, Procurement Div, 4040 N. Fairfax Drive, 4th Floor, Arlington, VA 22203

76 -- MATERIALS FOR COMPETENCY-BASED COUNSELING PROGRAM POC Daniel J. Walt, (703) 696-3845, ext. 1405, fax (703) 696-4871 WEB: DoDEA website, http://www.dodea.osd.mil. E-MAIL: Click here to e-mail the point of contact, DWalt@hq.odedodea.edu. The Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) is conducting market research pertaining to the items described below. This is not an announcement of a requirement that currently exists -- just a request for information from sources that supply the following items. This announcement does not, in any way, commit the Government to procuring any items described in this announcement. DoDEA runs schools for grades Pre-K through 12 located on military bases in the U.S. as well as Europe, Iceland, Turkey, Bahrain and Asia. For more information about DoDEA, consult the DoDEA website at http://www.dodea.osd.mil. DoDEA is contemplating obtaining these items from non-DoDEA sources, including private industry. THE GOVERNMENT WILL NOT PAY FOR INFORMATION SUBMITTED IN RESPONSE TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. THE GOVERNMENT WILL ALSO NOT PAY FOR ANY COSTS INCURRED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS INFORMATION. Any information submitted in response to this announcement will not be returned. DoDEA requests information from all interested parties about supplying materials for DoDEA's Competency-Based Counseling Program (CBCP), the DoDEA guidance counseling program. The CBCP is based upon desired outcomes or competencies. These competencies set the targets for the CBCP; thus they are expressed in terms of what students will be able to do as the result of the DoDEA counseling program. The competencies were developed, for the most part, by the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) (at website http://www.schoolcounselor.org/national.htm) and have been endorsed by most national education organizations. The competencies do not reflect all of those listed by ASCA -- some DoDEA-specific competencies will be included. It is the long-term goal of the counseling staff to incorporate the competencies fully. This may require counselors to develop lessons that include multiple competencies and/or imbedding the competencies across the curriculum and grade levels. The resource materials will be selected to assist the schools in fully implementing the CBCP. The prospective contractors should be aware that the student population audience is a mobile population and, therefore, special emphasis on transition is encouraged. Approximately 108,000 students will be involved in the program worldwide. The contractor(s) would provide published copyrighted printed resource materials for early childhood (PreK-3), intermediate elementary (4-6), middle school (7-8), and high school (9-12) programs for reinforcing skills outlined in the DoDEA Competency-Based Counseling Program. The selected resource materials would consist of audio-visual and written copyrighted materials that are user friendly to teachers, students, and parents, and require no contractor training of DoDEA personnel prior to the implementation of the resource materials. They may be in the form of complete kits that address the competencies of the guidance program. The Government is contemplating soliciting this requirement using commercial contracting procedures outlined in FAR Part 12 and DFARS Part 212, both entitled, "Acquisition of Commercial Items." Potential sources are encouraged to provide input as to whether or not each of the terms and conditions listed in this synopsis are standard commercial terms and conditions; how they would recommend changes to make this requirement more commercial; how they might go about procuring such items or services from other commercial firms, and how they might go about selling these items or services to other commercial firms. Areas of concern to make this item or service more commercial include (but are not limited to) commercial terms and conditions for this type of item or service; and any previous customers or providers we might contact for their commercial practices. Potential sources should also submit basic pricing information. Interested parties have 21 calendar days from the publication of this synopsis to submit descriptions of their capability to meet some or all of this potential requirement. Large and small businesses, as well as non-profit organizations and higher education institutions, are invited to respond to this request for information. Please include your business size and organization type in your response. Please submit this information to Daniel J. Walt, Procurement Analyst, DoDEA Headquarters, 4040 N. Fairfax Dr., Arlington, VA 22203-1635, telephone (703) 696-3845, ext. 1405, fax (703) 696-4871, or e-mail DWalt@hq.odedodea.edu. Posted 03/10/00 (W-SN433250). (0070)

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