Improving Career and Technical Education
Added: Jul 15, 2015 1:21 pm
The U.S. Department of Education’s (Department’s) Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education (OCTAE) is planning to issue a Solicitation that will result in a multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) focused on improving Career and Technical Education (CTE) with at least one of the awards being made to a qualified small business. The initial award will be both for the ID/IQ contracts and the first three (3) task orders. All task orders will be awarded on a firm-fixed-price basis.D/IQ) contract with all work being issued through fixed-price task orders. Interested parties are reminded that this notice is a Pre-Solicitation Notice and NOT a request for proposal. The Department anticipates awarding multiple ID/IQ contracts from the solicitation. The solicitation will be issued as a partial small business set-aside with at least one of the awards issued to a qualified small business. The Department anticipates issuing the solicitation on or about July 24, 2015 with an expected response date of August 19, 2015. The Department will award three (3) task orders along with the awards of the ID/IQ contracts. Interested parties will be required to submit responses for the three (3) task orders in addition to submitting a proposal for the ID/IQ contract. The initial three (3) orders will be competed among the companies selected to receive ID/IQ contracts. Requirement Overview: The contractors selected to receive ID/IQ contracts shall provide OCTAE with the subject matter expertise to build the capacity of secondary and postsecondary CTE programs so they can actively engage in the development and expansion of comprehensive career pathways systems. Each ID/IQ contract awarded will have an ordering period of 60 months. Task orders may range from urgent requests for short durations to multi-year strategic technical assistance projects. Work may be required to be performed under tight deadlines. The tasks addressed in the Performance Work Statement (PWS) include: (1) logistical and administrative support for technical assistance projects involving professional development and capacity building; (2) creation and implementation of resources and tools in both virtual and print format; (3) development and implementation of national outreach and communication strategies; (4) research and analyses of noteworthy practices, policies and standards,; and, (5) data and evaluation compilation. In addition, the contract may include logistical, technical and administrative support for conferences and meetings for training, information dissemination, and other purposes that will be more specifically addressed in the individual task orders.. The term “conference” as used in the PWS includes, but is not limited to: a convening, meeting, retreat, seminar, symposium, training session, webinar, and/or workshop that may conducted as a face-to-face meeting or as a virtual meeting via the Internet, where individuals assemble (or meet virtually) to exchange information and views or explore or clarify a defined subject, problem, or area of knowledge and any event that includes attendee travel. This contract shall provide support to OCTAE across a range of tasks related to capacity building in CTE and the expansion of comprehensive career pathways systems, including the following key issues of interest to the Department: • Professional and leadership development for CTE state and local leaders; • Technical assistance to support successful implementation of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 (Perkins Act); • Increased alignment of secondary and postsecondary educational systems using strategies such as dual credit, concurrent enrollment, stackable credentials, apprenticeship, and articulation agreements. • Increased knowledge of industry-relevant certifications and technical skills assessments; • Development, dissemination, and implementation of innovative web-based and print technical assistance tools and solutions;
ED-VAE-15-R-0025 Department of Education Contracts and Acquisition Management
7/15/15, 1:21 PM