National Cooperative Education Statistics Systems Contract (NCESS)

Added: Jul 16, 2012 5:58 pm

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AMENDMENT 01:

Amendment 01 provides responses to clarification questions submitted by potential offerors and revisions to some clauses & attachments within the solicitation.

All information pertaining to Amendment 01 is attached. Interested offerors should read all the Amendment 01 attachments for further details.

The proposals due date/time remains unchanged.  Proposals are due by 11:00 am, ET on July 27, 2012.

Added: Jun 01, 2012 6:04 pm Modified: Jun 27, 2012 12:26 pmTrack Changes

SOLICITATION

Solicitation Number ED-IES-12-R-0059 is now released for the National Cooperative Education Statistics Systems Contract (NCESS) procurement.

All information pertaining to this solicitation is attached.  Interested offerors should read all the attachments for further details.

Clarification Question regarding this solicitation are due by 12:00 pm, noon, ET on July 11, 2012.

Proposals are due by 11:00 am, ET on July 27, 2012. 

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PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE

The U.S. Department of Education (ED) intends to release a solicitation for the procurement of services for the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) within the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) to provide a broad spectrum of support to the two Cooperative Systems at NCES, the National Postsecondary Education Cooperative (NPEC) and the National Cooperative Education Statistics System (NCESS), and their deliberative and working entities including the National Forum on Education Statistics (Forum), the various other committees and subcommittees, task forces, and working groups that support the efforts of the Cooperative Systems and other meetings and conferences that support the development and collection of administrative record data, as the need arises. The expected work falls into five (5) types of logistics support: 1) Technical Assistance; 2) Training; 3) Research, Development and Informational Support; 4) General Administrative Support  and
5) Conferences/Meetings/Workshops/Support.

A fixed price contract is anticipated to be awarded in September 2012 with a period of performance for one 12-month base period with four 12-month option periods.The solicitation will be issued as a SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE.  The applicable NAICS Code is 541611- Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services.  

The acquisition will be solicited using the procurement process prescribed in Part 6.1, Full and Open Competition, of the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR).  Solicitation documents, plans and specifications will be exclusively available via the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) homepage located at https://www.fbo.gov on or about June 16, 2012. 

It is the contractor’s responsibility to monitor FBO for any amendments.  All contractors must be registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database at https://www.bpn.gov/ccr/default.aspx as required by FAR 4. 1102. 

Added: Jun 01, 2012 6:04 pm

The U.S. Department of Education (ED) intends to release a solicitation for the procurement of services for the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) within the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) to provide a broad spectrum of support to the two Cooperative Systems at NCES, the National Postsecondary Education Cooperative (NPEC) and the National Cooperative Education Statistics System (NCESS), and their deliberative and working entities including the National Forum on Education Statistics (Forum), the various other committees and subcommittees, task forces, and working groups that support the efforts of the Cooperative Systems and other meetings and conferences that support the development and collection of administrative record data, as the need arises. The expected work falls into five (5) types of logistics support: 1) Technical Assistance; 2) Training; 3) Research, Development and Informational Support; 4) General Administrative Support  and
5) Conferences/Meetings/Workshops/Support.

A fixed price contract is anticipated to be awarded in September 2012 with a period of performance for one 12-month base period with four 12-month option periods.The solicitation will be issued as a SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE.  The applicable NAICS Code is 541611- Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services.  

The acquisition will be solicited using the procurement process prescribed in Part 6.1, Full and Open Competition, of the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR).  Solicitation documents, plans and specifications will be exclusively available via the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) homepage located at https://www.fbo.gov on or about June 16, 2012. 

It is the contractor’s responsibility to monitor FBO for any amendments.  All contractors must be registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database at https://www.bpn.gov/ccr/default.aspx as required by FAR 4. 1102.