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Offers must acknowledge receipt of this amendment prior to the hour and date specified in the solicitation or as amended, by one of the following methods:

(a) By completing items 8 and 15, and returning or (c) By separate letter or electronic communication which includes a reference to the solicitation and amendment numbers. FAILURE OF YOUR ACKNOWLEDGMENT TO BE RECEIVED AT THE PLACE DESIGNATED FOR THE RECEIPT OF OFFERS PRIOR TO THE HOUR AND DATE SPECIFIED MAY RESULT IN REJECTION OF YOUR OFFER. If by virtue of this amendment you desire to change an offer already submitted, such change may be made by letter or electronic communication, provided each letter or electronic communication makes reference to the solicitation and this amendment, and is received prior to the opening hour and date specified.

E. IMPORTANT: Contractor is not is required to sign this document and return copies to the issuing office.

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The above numbered solicitation is amended as set forth in Item 14. The hour and date specified for receipt of Offers is extended. is not extended.

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The Department is issuing Amendment # 1 to answer Industry's Questions. Please find enclosed the official Questions and Answers. Please note the due date for Quotes is NOT extended and remains the same: on or before May 22, 2024, at 10:00 am ET.

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Solicitation: 91990024Q0052

Questi on Reference

Question Category Question

1 Contract General Is this a brand new contract or is there an incumbent performing these services?

2 Contract General When is the response Due?

3 Contract General Is this a new requirement or a recompete?

4 Contract General Is there an incumbent?

5 Contract General Would ED consider awarding a contract to a Small Disadvantaged Buisiness if an RFQ is released?

6 Contract General Would the requirement be awarded before Q4 FY2024?

7 Contract General May we meet with the Program Office to further discuss the requirement?

8 Technical

PWS- Quote Submission Requirements Are the references included in the 20 pages?

9 Technical PWS- Cover Le

Could the due date be moved to May 31st to allow time to make any necessary revisions based upon the information provided in OCTAE's responses to the submitted questions?

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10 Technical

PWS-

Schedule of Deliverables

The Schedule of Deliverables for Task 2 only includes the second draft the updated SIA Observing in Mathematics Classrooms Training Materials. Should the first draft be included as well?

11 Technical PWS

Subtask 2.3: Is there a time/length expectation for the (2) virtual trainings?

12 Technical PWS

Subtask 3.3: Is there a time/length expectation for the virtual training?

13 Technical PWS

Task 4: What information will be provided to the contractor regarding the valuable lessons learned about how best to offer SIA trainings? Are they focused primarily on feedback related to training content or related to training delivery/format?

14 Technical PWS

Task 4.5: Is there a time/length expectation for the two trainer trainings?

15 Technical PWS

Task 6.4: Will an evaluation tool be provided or will the contractor be responsible for the design of an evaluation tool?

16 Technical PWS Task 7.4: Will an evaluation tool be provided or will the contractor be responsible for the design of an evaluation tool?

17 Technical RFQ

Can you please confirm if letters of commitment go within the Technical or if they should be within the Past Performance?

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18 Technical PWS

On page 1, as part of the description of initial activities in 2013, there is mention of “Foundational- and Advanced-Level Trainings. While there are foundational-level training materials on the Standards in Action Federal Initiatives page in LINCS, there don’t appear to be advanced-level training materials. Do such materials exist

19 Technical PWS

Within the updates to materials, particularly Task 4.3 Update the Foundational-Level PD Units for ELA/Literacy and Task 4.4 Update the SIA Foundational-Level PD Units for Mathematics, is there ability to build in guidance related to effective standards-based instruction facilitated by se of educational technology to support increasingly varied modes of instruction within adult education?

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Answer

This requirement is building on several OCTAE initiatives that are discribed in depth in the PWS.

Quotes are due on or before 5/22/2024 at 10:00 am ET.

This requirement is building on several OCTAE initiatives that are discribed in depth in the PWS.

StandardsWork is the vendor who completed the most recent OCTAE iniative in FY2018. (91990018C0040) The Government completed Market Research. It was determined that this needs to be an unrestricted solicitation.

The Goverenement anticipates the award of this solication in late third quarter.

The Government completed Market Research. On May 3, 2024 the Government posted a Combined Synopsis/Solicitation for this requirement. Quotes are due on or before 5/22/24 at 10:00 am ET.

Yes, the references should be included in the 20 pages.

The 20-page limit only excludes the cover page, table of contents, resumes, and letters of agreement from collaborators, Quality Control Plan and Staff Loading Chart. References would be included in the 20 pages.

The Department is not revising the current due date for quotes.

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The delivery of the first draft is included in the PWS, on page 9, though it was accidentally omitted from the overall schedule of deliverables, beginning on Page 28.

Toward the bottom of Page 9, the PWS states: "The contractor shall submit the first draft updated SIA Observing in Math Classrooms Training materials by the fourth month of the contractor."

Offerors should propose the time lengths, based on the expected time lengths articulated for Task 6 trainings.

Offerors should propose the time lengths, based on the expected time lengths articulated for Task 7 trainings.

The "lessons learned about how best to offer SIA trainings in ways that can digest the content and change their practices immediately" are revealed in the Task 4 requirement, that is, "...to use text-based, standards-aligned instructional lessons and activities to show real-life application of the key (instructional) shifts in classrooms."

It would depend on the design of the training but should be determined relative to other comparable SIA trainings.

The government will provide to the contractor the particpant trainig evaluation form.

The government will provide to the contractor the particpant training evaluation form.

Letters of commitment are not included in the 20 pages.

They are part of the Technical volume 2. See page 19 of the RFQ.

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The SIA Advanced-level Training Materials were removed and replaced.

The PWS is silent with regard to "effective standards-based instruction facilitated by use of educational technology to support increasingly varied modes of instruction within adult education." At this time, this is out of scope of the current requirement.