B -- PRE-ELEMENTARY EDUCATION LONGITUDINAL STUDY (PEELS)

Notice Date

May 24, 2001

Contracting Office

Department of Education, Office of the Chief Financial Officer, = Contracts and Purchasing Operations, 7th and D Streets, S.W., Regional = Office Building, Room 3600, Washington, DC, 20202-4249

ZIP Code

20202-4249

Solicitation Number

ED-01-R-0017

Response Due

July 3, 2001

Point of Contact

Jessica Gray, Contract Specialist, Phone 202-708-9774, Fax = 202-260-0526, Email Jessica.Gray@ed.gov -- Brenda Smiley, Contract = Specialist, Phone 202-708-7947, Fax 202-260-0526, Email = Brenda.Smiley@ed.gov

Description

The U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education = Programs (OSEP) intends to issue a solicitation for the conduct of a = Pre-Elementary Education Longitudinal Study (PEELS). The design for = PEELS was developed by SRI International under a previously awarded = task order. PEELS will involve a nationally representative sample of = children ages 3 to 5 with diverse disabilities who, in the first year = of the study, are receiving preschool special education services in a = variety of settings. The study will focus on the children?s preschool = experiences and outcomes, their transition to kindergarten, and their = early elementary (including kindergarten) education experiences and = outcomes. The research focus in elementary school is on children?s = academic achievement, social development, participation in the = classroom and community, and educational experiences. The proposed = design calls for information about the children, their families, and = instructional/service programs to be collected repeatedly over several = years. The data collected through PEELS will be used for descriptive, = as well as for explanatory research purposes. PEELS is the last to be = implemented of OSEP?s four national longitudinal, child-based research = studies related to the 1997 Individuals with Disabilities Education Act = (IDEA ?97) addressing the continuum of special education services and = experiences of children, youth, and young adults with disabilities. = The other three studies are: the National Early Intervention = Longitudinal Study (NEILS); the Special Educational Elementary = Longitudinal Study (SEELS); and NLTS-2, the 10-year follow-up to the = original National Longitudinal Transition Study of secondary school = youth as they transition to adulthood. For additional details and = background related to the PEELS design work, prospective offerors are = encouraged to review documents posted at http://www.sri.com/peels. = This will be a Full and Open Competition. This procurement is subject = to approval and to the availability of funds. RFP ED-01-R-0017 will = be issued on or about 05/31/01. The closing date is 07/03/01. = Requests for copies of the RFP may be made by telephone, facsimile, = mail, e-mail, telegram or in person. All requests shall reference RFP = ED-01-R-0017 and the title of the RFP. The Request for Proposals can = also be found on the Internet on or about the RFP issue date at = http://www.fedbizops.gov/. Telephone requests may only be placed by = calling 202/708-6498. Faxes can be received at 202/708-9817. E-mail = request shall be sent to Yolanda.Abney@ed.gov. Mail or telegram = requests shall be sent to the above address. Copies may be picked up = in person on the issue date at the same address. All proposals = submitted by responsible sources will be considered.

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