ATTACHMENT_C_-_HSLS_Pricing_Schedule.pdf

ATTACHMENT C

Second Follow-up of the High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 (HSLS:09)

Pricing Schedule for Fixed Price Deliverables

The contractor shall submit an electronic copy (e-mail) of all deliverables to the COR unless otherwise specified.

Task /Subtask

Deliverable Due Date Price

Task 1 Management

1.1 Minutes and attendee list from

kickoff meeting

One week after meeting

1.2 Schedule Monthly (on or before

the day corresponding to the contract award date)

1.3 List of potential TRP panelists Six (6) weeks prior to

the first TRP meeting

1.3 Pre-meeting TRP Information

packets

Two (2) weeks prior to each TRP meeting

1.3 TRP Meeting agendas Two (2) days prior to

1.3 TRP Meeting materials Two (2) weeks prior to

1.3 TRP Meeting minutes Three (3) weeks after

1.4 Monthly Reports Monthly (on or before

the day corresponding to the contract award date)

1.5 IMS Document Archive Monthly updates

(corresponding to the monthly reports) using off-the shelf software shall be delivered.

1.5 HSLS:09 Second Follow-up Data

Library

Within 1 month of contract award.

1.5 Relational Instrumentation Interface Within four (4) weeks of contract award.

Updated on a flow basis through FT IMCD/OMB forms clearance and following examination of the results of the field test.

1.5 Production Reports One day before the

beginning of data collection. Appended daily during data collection operations.

1.5 Confidentiality Reports Within one (1) week

Updated on a flow basis.

1.5 Quality Control Reports One day before the

beginning of data collection operations;

during data collection appended daily.

Task 2 Panel Maintenance

2.1 Panel Maintenance Plan Within six (6) weeks

2.2 Panel Maintenance Report One month after the

secession of tracing/locating efforts

Task 3 Field Test (FT)

3.1 FT Sample Specifications Two (2) months prior

to start of field test.

3.2 FT Data Elements and Justifications Two (2) weeks prior to the first TRP meeting for 1st draft, one (1) week after the first TRP meeting for 2nd draft, and one (1) week after NCES inter-divisional review for final draft.

3.2 FT IMCD/OMB Forms Clearance

Package

One (1) week after NCES inter-divisional review of the FT Data Elements and Justifications. During the 120 day clearance period, two (2) revisions for IMCD and OMB concerns

3.2 FT SF-83 One (1) week after

NCES inter-divisional review of the FT Data Elements and Justifications

3.2 FT Item Wording List One (1) week prior to

CATI operations on FT sample

3.3 FT CAPI Executable Two (2) months prior

to the start of survey operations on the FT sample

3.3 FT Locating/ Tracing Plan

Two (2) months prior to the start of CATI operations on the FT sample.

3.3 FT Training Materials One (1) week prior to

survey operations

3.3 Data Element Timing Report for

CATI/CAPI

Two (2) weeks prior to the second TRP meeting

3.3 Debriefing Report Two (2) weeks after

termination of survey operations

3.3 Re-collection Report Two (2) weeks after

termination of survey

3.3 FT Data files One (1) month

following termination of survey operations

3.4 FT Methodology Report One (1) month

following delivery of the FT Data files.

During the six month period of NCES publication review, this report shall be revised to reflect the concerns of (A) Division statistician review, (B) Associate Commissioner review,

(C) Adjudication panel review, and (D) Chief statistician review.

3.5 Responsive Design Experiment

Report

One (1) month following conclusion of Responsive Design Experiment

Task 4 Full-scale (FS) Data Collection

4.1 FS Sample Specifications Two (2) months prior

to start of full-scale collection.

4.3 IMCD/OMB Forms Clearance

Package

One (1) week after NCES inter-divisional review of the Data Elements and Justifications. During the 120 day clearance period, two (2) revisions for IMCD and OMB concerns

4.3 SF 83 One (1) week after

NCES inter-divisional review of the Data Elements and Justifications

4.5 Training Materials for Full-Scale

Data Collection

One (1) week prior to full-scale survey

4.7 Locating/Tracing Plan Two (2) months prior

to the start of CATI operations on the full-scale sample

4.9 First Look report outline and Table

shells

Two (2) months following termination of survey operations, the final Table Shells shall be delivered as Excel files. Two (2) months following termination of

CATI/CAPI

operations, the final First Look report outline shall be delivered.

4.9 First Look report Twelve (12) months

after completion of data collection activities. During the four-month period of NCES publication review, this report shall be revised to reflect the concerns of

(A) Division statistician review, (B) Associate Commissioner review,

(C) Adjudication panel review, and (D) Chief statistician review.

Task 5 (Optional)

Student Financial Aid Records Collection

5.1 Student Financial Aid Field Test

Sampling Plan

Two months (2) after the completion of full-scale data collection efforts

5.3 Keyer/coder and Field Staff Training

Materials

One (1) week prior to the start of FT collection.

5.5 Student Aid Data Field Test Report Three (3) months after the completion of data collection for the field test

5.6 Monthly Progress Reports on Full-

scale Student Aid Data Collection

Within three months of the end of the field test student aid data collection, the contractor shall recommend response rate and data quality measures for monitoring progress in the full-scale student aid data collection.

Monthly reports during student aid data collection

5.8 First Look Financial Aid Report

Outline and Table Shells

Two (2) months after the end of full-scale data collection for draft outline.

5.8 First Look Financial Aid Report One (1) month after

delivery of the source input data files for EDAT applications.

During the period of NCES publication review, this report shall be revised to reflect the concerns of

(A) Program review,

(B) Associate Commissioner review,

(C) Chief statistician review, D) NCES Commissioner review, and IES review.At the same time, the contractor shall also deliver 10 other tables for review to be posted on the HSLS:09 site.

Task 6 (Optional) Postsecondary Transcripts Collection

6.1 Postsecondary Transcript Field Test

Sample Specification

Two months after the completion of full-efforts

6.3 Keyer/coder and Transcript

Collection Training Materials for Full-scale Data Collection

Within one month of the delivery of the guidelines for the full-

6.4 Transcript Quality Control Plan with

Audit Process

Within one month of the delivery of the guidelines for the full-

6.5 Recommended Postsecondary

Transcript Course Classification Structure

One month from the delivery of the guidelines for full-

6.7 Postsecondary Transcript Field Test

Report

Two months from the delivery of the guidelines for full-

6.8 Transcript Quality Control Reports Monthly reports.

6.11 First Look Report Outline and Table

Shells Two (2) months after the end of transcript collection and coding for draft outline and table shells; Four (4) months after the end of transcript data collection

6.11 Transcript First Look Report Six (6) months prior to

the end of the Second follow-up activities.

During the period of NCES publication review, this report shall be revised to reflect the concerns of

(A) Program review,

(B) Associate Commissioner review,

(C) Chief statistician review, D) NCES Commissioner review, and IES review.