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76 -- INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND SERVICES FOR DODEA 7-12 CARER/VOCATIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAM SOL MDA414-00-R-0008 DUE 081100 POC Contract Specialist Lucy K. Lewis (804-327-0544), Contracting Officer Jan H. Matthews(804-327-0540) E-MAIL: lucy_lewis@despo.odedodea.edu, lucy_lewis@despo.odedodea.edu. Provide instructional materials for Grades 7-12 DoDEA Career/Vocational Education Program. Solicitation MDA414-00-R-0008 is due 8/11/00. Publishers will be required to submit student textbooks or equivalents, teacher's editions of the student text, teacher's resource packages/materials, student workbooks or equivalents, assessment materials, trainers and simulators, parent involvement books if available, manipulative materials if available, and technological and multi-media materials if available. The publisher shall also provide related professional development training and support services as requested prior to the full implementation of the adopted materials in the classroom. Publishers shall submit program materials for grades 7-12 for review and evaluation. A maximum of one hundred seventy-six awards may be made as a result of this solicitation for 44 secondary Career/Vocational Education courses. However, the Government may award fewer contracts if a contractor's program meets the requirements for more than one course. All materials required shall adhere to the following standards: Textbooks or equivalent materials for each grade level of each program shall be consistent with the DoDDS grades 7-12 Career/Vocational Education standards (available at DoDEA's web site, http://www.odedodea.edu). All materials within each program shall include collaborative and cooperative learning techniques and developmentally appropriate activities. All teacher's materials shall include recommended activities for varying ability levels. The offeror shall provide their latest materials available to school systems in the United States as stated in their most current catalog or price list. All materials shall be free of racial, color, national origin, age, disabling conditions, sexual, religious, and ethnic bias and shall present a balanced coverage of multi-cultural contributions, where appropriate. Software supplied, if any, must be compatible with Microsoft Windows 98 or Microsoft Windows NT. Materials requiring a wordprocessing, spreadsheet, database, or presentation graphics feature should be compatible with the Microsoft Office Suite. Contractors shall not submit any Career/Vocational Education instructional materials for review to schools, teachers, Career/Vocational Education coordinators or other employees of the Department of Defense Education Activity during the solicitation phase of this acquisition. The proposed contracts will be a Requirements Type Contract with a base period of eighteen months with five option years. All responsible sources may submit a proposal, which shall be considered by the agency. The solicitation is expected to be issued approximately 11 Jul 00. The solicitation will contain specific details concerning submission of proposals. Solicitations may be requested from Lucy K. Lewis via telephone at 804-327-0544, via facsimile at 804-327-0672/0673 or via E-Mail: lucy_lewis@despo.odedodea.edu. The Contracting Officer for this acquisition is Jan H. Matthews telephone 804-327-0540. See numbered Note 12. Posted 06/12/00 (W-SN463923). (0164)

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