SOC Instructions Eval Criteria for PDP 3-19-12.doc

U.S. Department of Education

Office of Special Education Programs

OSEP Personnel Development Program Data Collection System for

Performance Measures and Service Obligations Capability Statement Instructions In response to this request for information, ED hereby solicits comments on the draft Performance Work Statement, identification of any competition barriers and capability statements from eligible contractors. It is anticipated that this contract will be set aside for small business assuming that an adequate number of small businesses demonstrate capability. These statements shall be no longer than 10 single spaced pages with a font size no small than 12. Contractors should include resumes in the appendix (no more than 5 resumes shall be included, at a maximum of 5 pages per resume, and only resumes for key participants who will work on the contract are to be included); these resumes will not be counted against the 10-page limit for the capability statement.

In reviewing the capability statements ED will be looking for the following:

1.

Expertise in establishing a web-based data collection system.

2.

Expertise in establishing a Web site that is user friendly and contains information relevant to the use of the web-based data collection system for multiple users.

3.

Expertise in analyzing and synthesizing data similar to the performance measure and the service obligations data.

4.

Expertise in writing, editing, standardizing, or revising reports.

5.

Expertise in providing customer service related to data entry, requirements and regulations.

Capability statements should address both corporate experience and the qualifications and experience of key staff that are relevant to the above criteria.

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