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Attachment C
TIMSS 2015 National Data Collection Contract
National Center for Education Statistics
Pricing Schedule for Fixed Price Deliverables
The contractor shall submit one copy of the final deliverable to the CO. The contractor shall submit an electronic copy of all deliverables to the COR unless otherwise specified.
| Task no. |
| Task/subtask description |
| Due Date |
| Price |
| Task 1 |
| Contract Administration |
| 1.1.1 |
| Post-award meeting materials: agenda, draft master schedule, and list of key staff with contact information |
| within 2 weeks of contract award |
| 1.1.2 |
| Revised master schedule for field test |
| within 2 weeks of contract award |
| 1.1.3.1 |
| Draft project management plan |
| within 3 weeks of contract award |
| 1.1.3.2 |
| Final project management plan |
| within 3 weeks of COR comments |
| 1.1.4.1 |
| Draft staffing plan |
| within 3 weeks of contract award |
| 1.1.4.2 |
| Final staffing plan |
| within 3 weeks of COR comments |
| 1.1.5.1 |
| Draft data security plan |
| within 3 weeks of contract award |
| 1.1.5.2 |
| Final data security plan |
| within 3 weeks of COR comments |
| 1.1.6 |
| List of all personnel with signed Affidavits of Nondisclosure |
| within 4 weeks of contract award; updated quarterly |
| 1.1.7 |
| Test of transfer/retrieval system |
| within 4 weeks of contract award |
| 1.1.8.1 |
| Draft informational brochure |
| within 6 weeks of contract award |
| 1.1.8.2 |
| Final informational brochure |
| within 3 weeks of full NCES review |
| 1.2.1 |
| Regular project meetings and meeting materials: agenda and current version of master schedule |
| weekly or biweekly, for life of contract |
| 1.2.2.1 |
| Attendance at NRC meeting or technical meeting |
| per international schedule |
| 1.2.2.2 |
| Attendance at NRC meeting or technical meeting |
| per international schedule |
| 1.2.2.3 |
| Attendance at NRC meeting or technical meeting |
| per international schedule |
| 1.2.2.4 |
| Attendance at NRC meeting or technical meeting |
| per international schedule |
| 1.2.2.5 |
| Attendance at NRC meeting or technical meeting |
| per international schedule |
| 1.2.2.6 |
| Attendance at NRC meeting or technical meeting |
| per international schedule |
| 1.2.2.7 |
| Attendance at NRC meeting or technical meeting |
| per international schedule |
| 1.2.2.8 |
| Attendance at NRC meeting or technical meeting |
| per international schedule |
| 1.2.2.9 |
| Attendance at NRC meeting or technical meeting |
| per international schedule |
| 1.2.3 |
| Monthly study progress and financial data report |
| 1 month from the start of contract, on the 10th day of each month |
| 1.2.4 |
| Project portal for housing electronic copies of project materials |
| no more than 1 month after the delivery of the first deliverable |
| 1.3 |
| Obtain OMB clearance for field test |
| 1.3.1 |
| Draft OMB field test clearance package |
| no later than August 1, 2013 |
| 1.3.2 |
| Revised OMB field test clearance package |
| within 1 weeks of COR and NCES comments |
| 1.3.3 |
| Revised package based on RIMS comments |
| within 5 business days of receipt of comments |
| 1.3.4 |
| Responses to OMB questions on package |
| within 5 business days of receipt of comments |
| 1.3.5 |
| Revised final field test clearance package for OMB approval |
| within 3 days of final comments |
| 1.3.6 |
| OMB clearance for field test |
| no less than 3 weeks prior to start of data collection |
| 1.4 |
| Obtain OMB clearance for main assessment |
| 1.4.1 |
| Draft OMB main assessment memo or clearance package |
| no later than August 1, 2014 |
| 1.4.2 |
| Revised OMB main assessment memo or clearance package |
| within 1 weeks of COR and NCES comments |
| 1.4.3 |
| Revised memo or package based on RIMS comments |
| within 5 business days of receipt of comments |
| 1.4.4 |
| Responses to OMB questions on memo or package |
| within 5 business days of receipt of comments |
| 1.4.5 |
| Revised final main assessment memo or clearance package for OMB approval |
| within 3 days of final comments |
| 1.4.6 |
| OMB memo or clearance for main assessment |
| no less than 6 months prior to start of data collection |
| 1.5 |
| Prepare for Briefings on project |
| 1.5.1 |
| Prepare briefing materials on TIMSS project (up to 10 sets 5 times) |
| within 2 weeks of COR request |
| 1.5.2 |
| Make presentations on TIMSS project (up to 6 presentations) |
| within 2 weeks of COR request |
| Task 2 |
| Preparations for Assessments |
| 2.1 |
| Field Test Sampling Plans/Select Samples |
| 2.1.1 |
| Prepare field test's U.S. school and student sampling plans |
| according to international schedule (tentatively March 2013) |
| 2.1.2 |
| Complete and submit field test's U.S. sampling forms |
| by established international delivery due date |
| 2.1.3 |
| Draw field test's U.S. school samples (grades 4 and 8) |
| upon approval of sampling plan |
| 2.1.4 |
| Complete required classroom/student sampling forms for field test |
| by established international delivery due date |
| 2.2 |
| Main Assessment Sampling Plans/Select Samples |
| 2.2.1 |
| Prepare main assessment's school and student sampling plans |
| according to international schedule (tentatively March 2013) |
| 2.2.2 |
| Complete and submit main assessment's sampling forms |
| by established international delivery due date |
| 2.2.3 |
| Draw main assessment's U.S. school samples (grades 4 and 8) |
| upon approval of sampling plan |
| 2.2.4 |
| Complete required classroom/student sampling forms for main assessment |
| To be determined, based on school recruitment process |
| 2.3 |
| Prepare Field Test Instruments |
| 2.3.1 |
| Prepare national adaptations and submit field test instrument adaptation forms to IEA |
| by established international delivery due date |
| 2.3.2 |
| Make cultural adaptations and translations to field test instruments and submit for layout verification |
| by established international delivery due date |
| 2.3.3 |
| Prepare printer proofs of field test instruments |
| 8 weeks before field test begins |
| 2.3.4 |
| Produce final approved field test instruments |
| 3 weeks before the field test start date |
| 2.4 |
| Prepare Main Assessment Instruments |
| 2.4.1 |
| Prepare national adaptations and submit main assessment instrument adaptation forms to IEA |
| by established international delivery due date |
| 2.4.2 |
| Make cultural adaptations and translations to main assessment instruments and submit for layout verification |
| by established international delivery due date |
| 2.4.3 |
| Prepare printer proofs of main assessment instruments |
| 8 weeks before main assessment start date |
| 2.4.4 |
| Produce final main assessment instruments |
| 3 weeks before the main assessment start date |
| 2.5 |
| Conduct cognitive lab work for response items |
| 2.5.1 |
| Draft of U.S. findings |
| at least 3 weeks before the international delivery due date for piloted items |
| 2.5.2 |
| Final report of U.S. findings |
| by established international delivery due date for piloted items |
| Task 4 |
| Data Collection and Delivery |
| 4.1 |
| Recruit and Train Data Collectors for Field Test |
| 4.1.1 |
| Draft plan for field test recruitment and training program |
| at least 3 months prior to start of recruitment and training program |
| 4.1.2 |
| Final field test recruitment and training plan |
| within 3 weeks of COR comments |
| 4.1.3 |
| Memo outlining field test data collection recruitment and training issues; suggestions for improvement of main assessment operations |
| one month after end of field test data collection |
| 4.1.4 |
| Summary report on the success of training |
| 2 weeks after the recruitment and training program |
| 4.1.5 |
| Draft of field test recruitment and training materials |
| at least 4 weeks prior to training |
| 4.1.6 |
| Final field test recruitment and training materials |
| at least 5 business days before training begins |
| 4.2 |
| Recruit and Train Data Collectors for Main Assessment |
| 4.2.1 |
| Draft plan for main assessment recruitment and training program |
| at least 3 months prior to start of recruitment and training program |
| 4.2.2 |
| Final main assessment recruitment and training materials |
| within 3 weeks of receipt of COR comments |
| 4.2.3 |
| Draft of main assessment recruitment and training materials |
| at least 4 weeks prior to training |
| 4.2.4 |
| Final main assessment recruitment and training materials |
| at least 5 business days before training begins |
| 4.2.5 |
| Memo outlining feedback from main assessment field staff on success of recruitment operations; suggestions for improvement of future recruitment operations |
| one month after end of main assessment recruitment efforts |
| 4.3 |
| Collect Data for Field Test |
| 4.3.1 |
| Draft field test data collection/quality assurance plan |
| 3 months prior to start of field test data collection |
| 4.3.2 |
| Final field test data collection/quality assurance plan |
| 2 weeks after receipt of comments on deliverable 4.3.1 |
| 4.3.3 |
| Recommend to the IEA/International Study Center quality monitors |
| by established international timeline |
| 4.3.4 |
| Prepare weekly data collection status report |
| after first week of data collection, and every Monday until end of data collection |
| 4.4 |
| Collect Data for Main Assessment |
| 4.4.1 |
| Draft main assessment data collection/quality assurance plan |
| 3 months prior to start of main assessment data collection |
| 4.4.2 |
| Final main assessment data collection/quality assurance plan |
| 2 weeks after receipt of comments on deliverable 4.4.1 |
| 4.4.3 |
| Recommend to the IEA/International Study Center quality monitors |
| by established international timeline |
| 4.4.4 |
| Prepare weekly data collection status report |
| after first week of data collection, and every Monday until end of data collection |
| 4.5 |
| Produce field test datasets for IEA |
| 4.5.1 |
| Draft plan for field test data entry per IEA specifications |
| 2 months prior to start of field test data entry |
| 4.5.2 |
| Final plan for field test data entry |
| within 2 weeks of receipt of comments on deliverable 4.5.1 |
| 4.5.3 |
| Produce and deliver field test dataset |
| by established international deadline |
| 4.6 |
| Produce main assessment datasets for IEA |
| 4.6.1 |
| Draft plan for main assessment data entry per IEA specifications |
| 2 months prior to start of main assessment data entry |
| 4.6.2 |
| Final plan for main assessment data entry |
| within 2 weeks of receipt of comments on deliverable 4.6.1 |
| 4.6.3 |
| Prepare draft Disclosure Analysis Plan (DAP) |
| Within 1 month of end of main assessment data collection |
| 4.6.4 |
| Produce final DAP |
| within 1 week of receipt of comments from COR and DRB on deliverable 4.6.3 |
| 4.6.5 |
| Produce draft data matching and swapping report |
| within 1 week of approval of final DAP by DRB |
| 4.6.6 |
| Produce final data matching and swapping report |
| within 1 week of receipt of comments from COR and DRB on deliverable 4.6.5 |
| 4.6.7 |
| Produce and deliver main assessment dataset |
| by established international deadline |
| 4.7 |
| Prepare responses to IEA information requests about data collection |
| 4.8 |
| Produce national curriculum questionnaires |
| 4.8.1 |
| Draft responses to national curriculum questionnaires |
| 3 months prior to international deadline for submission |
| 4.8.2 |
| Final responses to national curriculum questionnaires |
| no later than 2 weeks prior to international deadline for submission |
| 4.9 |
| Produce U.S. chapter for TIMSS Encyclopedia |
| 4.9.1 |
| Draft U.S. chapter for TIMSS Encyclopedia |
| within 6 weeks of release of final outline by IEA |
| 4.9.2 |
| Final U.S. chapter for TIMSS Encyclopedia |
| by established international deadline |
| Task 6 |
| Prepare and Disseminate Results |
| 6.1 |
| National Report Analysis Plans |
| 6.1.1 |
| Draft national report analysis plan |
| 11 months prior to planned national report release date |
| 6.1.2 |
| Final national report analysis plan |
| 2 weeks after comments on deliverable 6.1.1 |
| 6.1.3 |
| Draft table/figure shells and technical appendix |
| 10 months prior to national report release date |
| 6.1.4 |
| Draft analyses to populate table/figure shells |
| TBD; within 2 weeks of receipt of initial international data |
| 6.2.1 |
| Draft non-response bias analysis report |
| 5 months prior to release of national report |
| 6.2.2 |
| Produce final non-response bias analysis report |
| within 4 months after release of national report |
| 6.2.3 |
| Draft survey operations report |
| within 6 weeks after submitting the main assessment dataset to the IEA |
| 6.2.4 |
| Produce final survey operations report (technical report) |
| within 5 months after receipt of draft report |
| 6.2.5 |
| Memo outlining recommendations for item revision and deletion based on field test results |
| no later than 3 weeks prior to NRC meeting at which field test results will be discussed |
| 6.2.6 |
| Draft national report and factbook (Word/ Excel version) |
| 5 months prior to release of national report |
| 6.2.7 |
| Final national report and factbook (Word/Excel version) |
| at least 7 working days prior to scheduled release date |
| 6.2.8 |
| Final national report (PDF version) |
| at least 7 working days prior to scheduled release date |
| 6.2.9 |
| Final national report (HTML version) |
| at least 7 working days prior to scheduled release date |
| 6.2.10 |
| Final national report (eBook version) |
| at least 7 working days prior to scheduled release date |
| 6.2.11 |
| Final national report (GPO printing files version) |
| within 2 weeks after release of national report |
| 6.2.12 |
| Draft school report plan |
| within 2 months of the submission to the IEA of the main assessment’s data collection |
| 6.2.13 |
| Final school report plan |
| within 2 weeks of receiving comments from NCES |
| 6.2.14 |
| Mock-up of a released item (accompanied by the scoring guide and country-level statistics) and of a released item only |
| within 2 weeks of the release of items by the IEA (or, within 2 weeks of identification of the publicly-released items, whichever is sooner) |
| 6.2.15 |
| PDF versions of TIMSS released item sets |
| within 8 weeks of the release of items by the IEA |
| Task 8 (Optional) |
| TIMSS-NAEP Comparison Report |
| 8.1 |
| Comparison Report |
| no later than 8 months prior to the scheduled release of the national report |
| Task 12 (Optional) |
| Electronic Public-Use Datafiles, User’s Guides, and Item Sets |
| 12.1 |
| Draft public-use datafile (main data) |
| within 15 months of end of data collection |
| 12.2 |
| Final public-use datafile (main data) |
| within 5 months after submission of draft 6.3.1 |
| 12.3 |
| Draft user’s guide for main datafile |
| within 15 months of end of data collection |
| 12.4 |
| Final user’s guide for main datafile |
| within 5 months after submission of draft 6.3.3 |
| 12.5 |
| U.S. datasets in a format that can be incorporated into the IDE database |
| in time for release of the updated IDE simultaneous with the international TIMSS results release |
| Task 13 (Optional) |
| Disseminate Results |
| 13.1 |
| Draft plan for dissemination of study results |
| 4 months prior to national report release |
| 13.2 |
| Final plan for dissemination of study results |
| within 2 weeks after comments received on deliverable 13.1 |
| 13.3 |
| Prepare national report release materials |
| no later than 5 days prior to national release date |
| 13.4 |
| Press briefing |
| no later than 5 days prior to national release date |
| 13.5 |
| Study release announcements |
| no later than 5 days prior to national release date |