Impact Evaluation of Departmentalized Instruction in Elementary Schools

Amendment 0001 to ED-IES-17-R-0019 answers all clarification questions and revises the Performance Work Statement. Please see the attachment for details.

****SOLICITATION POSTING NOTICE****

The purpose of this notice is to issue the Request for Proposals (RFP Number ED-IES-17-R-0019) for the Impact Evaluation of Departmentalized Instruction in Elementary Schools procurement.

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

Fiscal Year 2017 Tracking #IESE170055AP

Solicitation Number ED-IES-17-R-0019

***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 U.S. Department of Education (Department) anticipates release of a new Fiscal Year 2017 procurement titled " Impact Evaluation of Departmentalized Instruction in Elementary Schools" (hereafter referred to as "Departmentalization Study") on behalf of the Departments' Institute for Education Sciences (IES), National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance (NCEE). The overarching purpose of the Departmentalization Study procurement is to evaluate the impact of departmentalized instruction in elementary schools on student achievement. More specifically, the evaluation will use a random assignment design to examine the impact of switching from self-contained instruction (teachers teach all subjects to a fraction of students in a particular grade) to departmentalized instruction (teachers teach one subject to all students in a particular grade).

ANTICIPATED PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE
The period of performance of this contract is one, 18-month base period, with two (2) Option Periods to be exercised at the discretion of the government. Option Period 1 is anticipated to be 24 months and Option Period 2 is expected to last for 20 months.

ANTICIPATED ACQUISITION STRATEGY
The Department anticipates releasing the Request for Proposals (RFP) in May 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 Pavan Mehrotra, Contract Specialist, via EMAIL ONLY to Pavan.Mehrotra@ed.gov, with a carbon copy to Veronica.Price@ed.gov, (Contracting Officer).