NCES Education Projections Contract

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Special Notice

This is a special notice only; the purpose of this notice is to inform interested vendors that the Department of Education anticipates issuing a solicitation under GSA Schedule 874 - Mission Oriented Business Integrated Services (MOBIS) on or about 20 December, 2013 for the NCES Education Projections requirement.  The Department does not intend to set-aside this procurement for small business or any socio-economic category.  However, small business and socio-economic subcontracting requirements will apply.  To assist in evaluating this procurement, a DRAFT Performance Work Statement (PWS) is attached.  Also attached is a document containing generally asked questions with Department responses. 

The Department has identified the following codes for use in this acquisition:

NAICS code: 541611 - Administrative Management and General Management Consulting; $7.0 M size standard.

PSC code: U009 - Education/Training

Attachment(s): (1) Draft Performance Work Statement, (2) NCES Education Projections General QA.

Note: This special notice is only for planning purposes and shall not be construed as a Request for Quote (RFQ) or as an obligation on the part of the Department to acquire any products or services. The Department does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this special notice nor pay for the information provided. No entitlement to payment of direct or indirect costs or charges will arise as a result of submission of responses to the special notice and the Department's use of such information. Please submit all questions/comments/responses via email.

NO SOLICITATION IS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.

Point of contract for this notice is Jeff Browne, Contract Specialist, e-mail: jeffrey.browne@ed.gov. Please Cc Sylvia Reid, Contracting Officer at sylvia.reid@ed.gov, with all electronic correspondence.