Comprehensive literacy program evaluation

Added: Jan 09, 2018 1:22 pm The purpose of Amendment 0001 is to provide responses to clarification questions submitted by offerors and to provide revisions to the subject Request for Proposals (RFP) for all impacted clauses in Sections B, I, L, and M. Please see attachments (Amendment 0001 and RFP 91990018R0004) for more details.

Added: Oct 17, 2017 3:15 pm ***THIS NOTICE IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS****
This synopsis notice is posted in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 5.203(a).

The National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance (NCEE) of the U.S. Department of Education's (the Department) Institute of Education Sciences (IES) anticipates the release of a new procurement to examine the implementation of the Striving Readers Comprehensive Literacy (SRCL) Program and to assess the feasibility of an impact evaluation of the Comprehensive Literacy State Development (CLD) Program (with an option to conduct the impact evaluation, in Option Period I, if deemed feasible).

There are three major components of this requirement: an implementation evaluation of the SRCL program, an impact design/feasibility study for the CLD program, and an optional impact evaluation of the CLD program.

ANTICIPATED PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE
The anticipated period of performance will include a 48-month Base Period and a 52-month Option Period (which will overlap with the Base Period by 40 months). The total anticipated period of performance, if the option period is exercised, will be 60 months. The base period includes the implementation evaluation of the SRCL program and the impact design/feasibility study for the CLD impact evaluation. The option period would include activities to complete the optional CLD impact evaluation.

ANTICIPATED ACQUISITION STRATEGY
The Department anticipates releasing the Request for Proposals (RFP) in November of 2017. It is also anticipated that the acquisition strategy will be a negotiated, competitive acquisition (open to both small and large businesses) conducted in accordance with FAR Part 15.

POINTS of CONTACT for QUESTIONS/COMMENTS
Questions or comments concerning this notice or its contents may be directed to Sadaf Afkhami, Contract Specialist, via EMAIL ONLY to Sadaf.Afkhami@ed.gov, with a carbon copy to Veronica.Price@ed.gov(Contracting Officer).