RFI Family Engagement IDIQ and Task Order 2_19_20.docx

February 28, 2020

Evaluations of Family Engagement

Tracking number: IESE200278AP Solicitation: 91990020R0018

Request for Information

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

EVALUATIONS OF FAMILY ENGAGEMENT AND CHOICE

CAPABILITY STATEMENT INSTRUCTIONS

The U.S. Department of Education (the Department) is conducting market research to determine if sufficient interest and capability exists in the marketplace for the Family Engagement and Choice requirement. This notice is NOT a request for proposals but is an invitation for potential offerors to express interest and provide information regarding their relevant knowledge, skills and capabilities. Information submitted in response to this Request for Information (RFI) may be used to assist the Department in finalizing its acquisition strategy.

Disclaimer: The Department will not pay for the provision of any information nor will it compensate any respondents for providing this information. This notice in no way obligates the Government to award any contract to any interested party. Feedback will not be provided to any interested party who submits information to the Department in response to this notice.

Please note that all solicitation-related documents in this RFI are draft versions. The content of each document may change between release of this RFI and release of the final solicitation. The final solicitation will be governed by the terms, conditions, instructions, and criteria in that document. Offerors should not rely on the contents of this RFI for preparing final proposals. To the extent that information provided in this document is inconsistent with or contradicts information contained in the final solicitation, the solicitations controls.

Capability Statement Submission Deadline The deadline for submitting Capability Statements is March 9, 2020 by 12:00 noon (ET) via e-mail to the following: April.Blash@ed.gov, and cc: Colin.Alleyne@ed.gov.

Primary Point of Contact:

April Blash Contract Specialist April.Blash @ed.gov

(202) 245-6332

Secondary Point of Contact:

Colin Alleyne Contracting Officer Colin.Alleyne@ed.gov

Capability Statement Instructions In response to the attached draft Performance Work Statement (PWS), the Department hereby solicits capability statements from eligible, interested parties. Capability Statements shall be no longer than 3 pages (single-spaced, with a minimum of one-inch margins and 12-point font). Contractors should include up to 4 resumes in the appendix. Only resumes for potential key personnel that would work on the anticipated contract are to be included. Each resume must clearly document that individuals have the experience and expertise described below. Each resume must be no longer than 3 pages. (Resumes will not be counted as part of the 3-page limit for the capability statement.)

Vendors shall provide responses for the content areas noted below. This information does NOT count against the 3-page Capability Statement page limit.

BASIC INFORMATION

1. Please state your business/company name and address. Include contact information such as a corporate email address and website URL.

1. Please state your business size status (i.e. large or small) in the stated NAICS code of 541720. Also provide all socio-economic categories for your company and the corresponding NAICS code.

1. State if the requirement should be set-aside for small business, and why (or why not)?

1. State if the requirement provides opportunities for small business subcontracting. Why or why not?

CAPABILITY STATEMENT CONTENT AREAS

The capability statement must describe the collective expertise and experience of key personnel, in each of the following areas:

· Experience and skill in designing, managing, and carrying out implementation studies of interventions designed to improve educational outcomes. Interested parties shall provide a minimum of two examples of personnel’s successful past experience and skill in conducting all aspects of implementation studies in educational settings, that are similar to what might be required under this procurement in content, methodology, scope and scale.

· Experience and skill in designing, managing, and carrying out large and small-scale random assignment evaluations of interventions designed to improve educational outcomes. Interested parties shall provide a minimum of two examples of personnel’s successful past experience and skill in conducting all aspects of evaluations in educational settings that are similar to what might be required under this procurement in content , methodology, scope, and scale.

· Experience and skill in quickly preparing well-written, policy relevant publications that can meet IES standards for scientific rigor, objectivity, and clarity. Interested parties shall provide a minimum of two examples of personnel’s involvement with authoring publications that clearly summarize implementation and experimental research findings into a small set of take home messages and present them and the research methods in a manner so they can be understood by a wide variety of audiences.

· Substantive content knowledge relevant to the focus of the Performance Work Statement, including knowledge of family engagement program development and delivery, types of engagement and programs for special populations, education choice strategies and engagement, program operations and challenges, as well as evidence of promising family engagement content and delivery strategies. Interested parties shall provide at least two examples showing that personnel have relevant knowledge to effectively study these programs and strategies.

In addition, the capability statement should address the following experience and capacity at the corporate level:

· Experience conducting projects similar in nature to that described in the Draft PWS. Interested parties must provide evidence of successful corporate experience with a minimum of two past projects that are similar to that described in the draft PWS in terms of the specific tasks, scale, and scope of the tasks that could be required.

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