91990024Q0052 Question and Answers.xlsx
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Department of Education
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This document contains a set of questions and answers related to Solicitation 91990024Q0052 for "Using Standards-in-Action Resources and Professional Development" issued by the U.S. Department of Education (ED).
The solicitation is for a single fixed-price contract to scale and strengthen Standards-in-Action (SIA) training and technical assistance resources and professional development for the Office of Career, Technical and Adult Education (OCTAE), Division of Adult Education and Literacy (DAEL). The contract will have a 14-month base period and a 10-month option period. The NAICS code is 611710 (Educational Support Services) with a $24M size standard. The government completed market research and determined this will be an unrestricted solicitation. Quotes are due by 10:00 am ET on 5/22/2024. The government anticipates making the award in late Q3 FY2024. The incumbent vendor is StandardsWork, who completed the most recent OCTAE initiative in FY2018. The PWS outlines key tasks such as updating SIA training materials, providing virtual trainings, and developing video lessons. The government will provide participant training evaluation forms.
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| Attachment D Price Business Quote WorkbookSIARev8.23.24.xlsx | XLSX spreadsheet | |
| SF30Amend3.91990024Q0052.pdf | ||
| 91990024Q0052 0002.pdf | ||
| 91990024Q0052 0001.pdf | ||
| Attachment D Price Business Quote Workbook SIA.xlsx | XLSX spreadsheet | |
| LINCS Federal Initiatives Toolkit (final 1.31.24).docx | DOCX document | |
| 91990024Q0052.pdf |
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Sheet1 Solicitation: 91990024Q0052
| Question Number | Reference | Question Category | Question | Answer | |
| 1 | Contract | General | Is this a brand new contract or is there an incumbent performing these services? | This requirement is building on several OCTAE initiatives that are discribed in depth in the PWS. | |
| 2 | Contract | General | When is the response Due? | Quotes are due on or before 5/22/2024 at 10:00 am ET. | |
| 3 | Contract | General | Is this a new requirement or a recompete? | This requirement is building on several OCTAE initiatives that are discribed in depth in the PWS. | |
| 4 | Contract | General | Is there an incumbent? | StandardsWork is the vendor who completed the most recent OCTAE iniative in FY2018. (91990018C0040) | |
| 5 | Contract | General | Would ED consider awarding a contract to a Small Disadvantaged Buisiness if an RFQ is released? | The Government completed Market Research. It was determined that this needs to be an unrestricted solicitation. | |
| 6 | Contract | General | Would the requirement be awarded before Q4 FY2024? | The Goverenement anticipates the award of this solication in late third quarter. | |
| 7 | Contract | General | May we meet with the Program Office to further discuss the requirement? | 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. | |
| 8 | Technical | PWS- Quote Submission Requirements | Are the references included in the 20 pages? | 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. | |
| 9 | Technical | PWS- Cover Letter | 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? | The Department is not revising the current due date for quotes. | |
| 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? | 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." | |
| 11 | Technical | PWS | Subtask 2.3: Is there a time/length expectation for the (2) virtual trainings? | Offerors should propose the time lengths, based on the expected time lengths articulated for Task 6 trainings. | |
| 12 | Technical | PWS | Subtask 3.3: Is there a time/length expectation for the virtual training? | Offerors should propose the time lengths, based on the expected time lengths articulated for Task 7 trainings. | |
| 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? | 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." | |
| 14 | Technical | PWS | Task 4.5: Is there a time/length expectation for the two trainer trainings? | It would depend on the design of the training but should be determined relative to other comparable SIA 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? | The government will provide to the contractor the particpant trainig evaluation form. | |
| 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? | The government will provide to the contractor the particpant training evaluation form. | |
| 17 | Technical | RFQ | Can you please confirm if letters of commitment go within the Technical or if they should be within the Past Performance? | Letters of commitment are not included in the 20 pages. They are part of the Technical volume 2. See page 19 of the RFQ. | |
| 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 | The SIA Advanced-level Training Materials were removed and replaced. | ||||
| 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? | 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. |
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