Evaluation of Investing in Innovation Fiscal Year 2014-2016 Cohorts

The purpose of this notice is to post the full Request for Proposals for the Evaluation of Investing in Innovation Fiscal Year 2014 - 2016 Cohorts, RFP # ED-IES-14-R-0046.

All questions or comments pertaining to this notice or its contents must be directed to Barakat Shakir, Contract Specialist via EMAIL ONLY at Barakat.Shakir@ed.gov; with a carbon copy to Veronica L. Price, Contracting Officer at Veronica.Price@ed.gov.

***THIS NOTICE IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS****
This synopsis notice is posted in accordance with FAR Part 5.203 (a).

The U.S. Department of Education (Department) intends to anticipates the solicitation and award of one hybrid contract (contains both Fixed Price and Cost Reimbursement Tasks) to provide technical assistance to the local evaluators of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 - 2016 Cohorts of Investing in Innovation (i3) Grantees and to produce a report summarizing the status of these evaluations through one year of the grants. The i3 Grantees are required to fund an independent evaluation. The anticipated contract will provide technical assistance on the conduct of these evaluations to maximize their strength (with a goal of meeting What Works Clearinghouse evidence standards) and the quality of their implementation data and performance feedback. The anticipated contract will also assess the strength of the evaluations and conduct a cross-site analysis of the results of the evaluations.

Anticipated Period of Performance: The anticipated contract will include a 14-month Base Period covering the first year of work with the FY 2014 cohort of i3 grants and five successive, 14-month Option Periods to extend the technical assistance and reporting work through the completion of the FY 2014 cohort. Each of these option periods will overlap with the previous and following period by 2 months.

The anticipated contract will include six additional 14-month Option Periods to conduct the aforementioned work with the FY 2015 cohort of i3 grants and six additional 14-month Option Periods to conduct this work with the FY 2016 cohort of i3 grants. Within the cohorts, each of the option periods will overlap with the previous and following period by 2 months. If all of the option periods are exercised, the total length of the contract will be 98 months.

The DRAFT Performance Work Statement was posted under Special Notice/Vendor Collaboration Webinar Event Number ED-IES-14-R-0046, and provided comprehensive details regarding the scope of the "Evaluation of Investing in Innovation Fiscal Year 2014-2016 Cohorts" requirement in its entirety.

Anticipated Solicitation Strategy: The Department anticipates posting the Request for Proposals (RFP) during the first week of September 2014. The RFP will be posted as a negotiated, competitive acquisition (open to both small and large businesses) conducted in accordance with FAR 15.203.

All questions or comments pertaining to this notice or its contents must be directed to Barakat Shakir, Contract Specialist via EMAIL ONLY at Barakat.Shakir@ed.gov; with a carbon copy to Veronica L. Price, Contracting Officer at Veronica.Price@ed.gov.