RECOVERY-Technical Assistance for Teacher Incentive Grands Funded under the ARRA

The U.S. Department of Education (ED), Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE) intends to enter into a 12-month contract with four 12-month option periods with a qualified contractor that shall provide technical assistance and training that support Teacher Incentive Fund (TIF) grantees in developing and implementing performance-based educator compensation systems. The contractor shall also provide administrative assistance to TIF program staff. These services will ensure that federal funds help to improve educator compensation systems.

Services provided by the contractor shall include:
1)Logistical support for annual grantee meetings;
2)Technical assistance to grantees;
3)Monitoring assistance;
4)Development of profiles of new grantees for publication on the CECR web site and development of items for CECR newsletter;
5)Assistance with Government Performance Results Act (GPRA) and Program Assessment Ratings Tool (PART) reporting.

The approximate release date of the Request for Proposal is April 23, 2010, and the approximate closing date is May 24, 2010. Contract award is tentatively scheduled for June 30, 2010.

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FUNDING: This project is funded in whole by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).

CONTRACT TYPE: Cost-Plus-Award-Fee

The contractor shall coordinate the provision of technical assistance and other services to Teacher Incentive Fund (TIF) grantees funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). The contractor shall provide technical assistance and training that support TIF grantees in developing and implementing performance-based educator compensation systems. The contractor shall also provide administrative assistance to the TIF program staff in conducting monitoring; and logistical support for annual grantee meetings. The contractor shall provide the necessary services for development of profiles of new grantees for publication on the Center for Educator Compensation Reform (CECR) website and development of items for the CECR newsletter. The contractor shall also provide assistance with the Government Performance Results Act (GPRA) and Program Assessment Ratings Tool (PART) reporting. The contractor shall provide services beginning with the award date of the contract for one 12-month base period with four possible 12-month option periods. The United States Department of Education (ED) is seeking comments on the draft statement of work for the above-referenced requirement and is seeking interested parties for this requirement. ED is also seeking feedback on how offerors would price this procurement as a firm-fixed price contract. Also, please address whether your company can write a statement of work for this requirement if ED provides a statement of objective. If a contractor is chosen to write a statement of work, they will be prohibited from competing on the follow-on contract. If you are interested in this requirement, please also include whether your organization is a small business. Responses to this notice are due no later than 5:00 pm EST on Tuesday, January 5, 2010.