B -- INDEPENDENT EVALUATION/ASSESSMENT OF THE NATIONAL DEFENSE SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING GRADUATE (NDSEG) FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM

Notice Date

November 14, 2001

Contracting Office

Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, AFOSR -- Air Force Office of Scientific Research, 801 N. Randolph St, Arlington, VA, 22203-1977

ZIP Code

22203-1977

Solicitation Number

Reference-Number-FQ86710200505

Response Due

November 30, 2001

Point of Contact

Susan Fuller, Contract Specialist, Phone 703-696-7297, Fax 703-696-9733, Email susan.fuller@afosr.af.mil

Description

This synopsis amends and replaces the synopsis posted in the CBDNet on 2 Nov 2001 and published in the CBD Printed version on 6 Nov 2001. This is a SOLE SOURCE cost contract for evaluation of the National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship Program, to include: 1) establishment of a committee of at least 12 nationally renown doctoral experts to evaluate the appropriateness and specificity of the call for application; the quality, demographic, guidance, requirements, and disciplinary range of applicants; quality and appropriateness of the reviewers of application; the size, flexibility, duration, and conditions related to the fellowship awards; the thesis topics, graduation rate, and subsequent position of past fellows; the degree of exposure to Department of Defense (DoD) concerns, people, and facilities given to fellows; the relationship to other DoD and non-DoD programs that sponsor graduate education nationwide; the meeting of the goals of DoD agencies who are involved with the NDSEG fellowship program; the NDSEG contractor?s processes and their data collection on current and past fellows; 2) impartially develop unbiased findings and recommendations and draft a report to be presented to DoD, Congress, and the public; 3) print three hundred copies of the final report, and post it to a public web site with national reputation of credibility. NDSEG is a Congressionally mandated DoD program, currently managed by a contractor. Period of Performance: 1 Jan 02 through 31 Dec 02. Estimated value $213,000. Responses to this synopsis must be received by 30 Nov 2001. The buyer is Susan M. Fuller, AFOSR/PK2, 801 N. Randolph St., Rm. 732, Arlington, VA 22203-1977. Telephone 703-696-7297, FAX 703-696-9733, e-mail: susan.fuller@afosr.af.mil. NAICS code: 541710 (small business size of $5.0 million per year). SOLE SOURCE To: National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC. Authority: 10 U.S.C. 2304(C)(1), Justification: Supplies (or services) required are available from only one or a limited number of responsible sources and no other type of supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. No other source has the national credibility or the large number of nationally renowned scientists who can evaluate the program. All potential offerors should contact the buyer/PCO identified above for additional information and/or to communicate concerns, if any, concerning this acquisition. For assistance in interpreting the CBD announcements, please see the CBD Reader' Guide. See Note(s) 22 and 26.=20

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Record

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