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Questions & Answers Systemwide K-12 Literacy Professional Learning & Literacy Model Units

1) Do resumes count against the 30-page limit for Volume 1?

Answer: No resumes do not count against the 30 page limit

2) For face-to-face professional development, is the quantity expressed in the CLIN the number of sessions, or the number of schools, or the number of trainees? It seems to vary between 0003 (2480 units) and 1003 (176 units).

Answer: Currently the quantities are based on number of sessions

3) What does the quantity of 176 reference in 2003?

Answer: CLIN 2003 has been changed to reflect the number of sessions

4) Item No 1012AA says “6-12 Model Units Base Year" should it be the model unites for Option Year #1?

Answer: This has been corrected

5) Item No 1012AD and 2012AD list 9 subjects, but only specifies a price for 2 units per year. Is it 2 units per subject or 2 units total?

Answer: CLINs 1012AD and 2012AD have been deleted.

6) Item No 0012AE says "one model unit", but the quantity listed is 2. Which is correct?

Answer: One unit for intermediate and one unit for secondary

7) Item No 0012AF says "two model units", but the quantity listed is 4. Which is correct?

Answer: Two model units for intermediate and two model units for secondary

8) In Option Year 3, there is not a price line item for Model Units #6 (Secondary). Should those units be priced in Option Year 2?

Answer: Yes, model Unit 6 falls in school year 18-19 which is in option year 2.

9) In 3.2.7, it says one exemplar for science and one exemplar for social studies for grades K-5, but the quantities in 3012AB, 3012AC, and 3012AD seem to expect additional units to what is already requested in 2017AB, 2017AC, and 2017AD. Are the quantities correct in 2017AB, 2017AC, and 2017AD?

Answer:

2017AB-One model unit for kindergarten social studies and 1 model unit for kindergarten science

2017AC-One model unit for 1st grade science and one model unit for 1st grade social studies One model unit for 2nd grade science and one model unit for 2nd grade social studies

2017AD-One model unit for 3rd grade science and 1 model unit for 3rd grade social studies One model unit for 4th grade science and 1 model unit for 4th grade social studies One model unit for 5th grade science and 1 model unit for 5th grade social studies

3012AB, AC, and AD have been deleted. K-5 model units for other subjects are not required in Option Year 3.

10) For travel pricing in the CLIN, should we estimate an annual price or just note that travel will performed and invoiced according to IAW FAR 31.205-46 and the Joint Travel Regulations in effect at the time travel is performed?

Answer: Please propose travel annually.

11) Is it acceptable to not supply a separate price for certain line items (for example Graduate Credit Support) to indicate the service is included in other line items?

Answer: Yes, all “non- separately priced” items shall be marked

12) Is it mandatory that we submit our pricing in an Excel Spreadsheet or MS Word file?

Answer: The price volume shall be provided in a spreadsheet or table.

13) Will the DODEA supply the pricing table in an Excel Spreadsheet or MS Word file?

Answer: No

14) If we update our previously submitted Attachment 8 as part of our final submission, will it be reviewed?

Answer: No, updates to attachment will not be accepted.

15) Please clarify how many lessons are in a model unit, as well as what unit of time a model unit is intended to cover (e.g. 6-10 days vs. 1/4 of the school year). There are a couple of references to the model unit that seem to present conflicting definitions:

Answer: On page 41 of the amended solicitation answers these questions. A model unit is defined (1) “…as a set of six or more lessons focused on a single topic/unit based on resources such as those developed by EQuIP Model Units and sequenced in curriculum plans and maps, e.g. EngageNY” and (2) is comprised “…of six or more lessons focused on a single topic/unit based on resources such as those developed by EQuIP Model Units and sequenced in curriculum plans and maps, e.g. EngageNY (www.engageny.org).”

16) On page 41 of the amended solicitation, it states that the model units will “…use open source education resource model units validated through the EQuIP rubric” Are vendors required to draw from these model units?

Answer: Yes. Vendors are expected to use “open education resource model units validated through EQuIP” (41). You are not limited to drawing only from EQuIP; but the requirement is to vet the unit using the EQuIP rubric.

17) On page 58 of the amended solicitation, a model unit is defined as “1/4 of the school year in length.”

Also, on pages 57–58, it says: “Each of the individual six model units of an academic year shall consist of several units . . .” Using the term "units" twice in the same sentence seems to conflict with the definition of a model unit on page 41. Please clarify.

To show what students will be learning, each model unit shall have a summary / framing that shows coherent progressions of learning experiences and trajectories at‐a‐glance and descriptions of how they interconnect and build upon one another for the stated time (quarter of the year). 58

Each of the individual six model units of an academic year shall consist of several units that are sequenced meaningfully to ensure coherence for students. 57‐58

Answer: The six model units referenced mean the lifetime of the contract - two per year; one in the fall and one in the spring. Each unit consists of a group of six lessons focused on a single topic (page 41). Depending on the depth and topic of a unit, the length and depth of the lessons, a unit could take nine weeks (a quarter of a school year with 18 weeks constituting a semester), but a unit could also take less than a quarter of a school year.

The sentence in question should read: Each of the individual six model units of an academic year shall consist of several lessons that are sequenced meaningfully to ensure coherence for students.

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