"Small Business Event" PRE-SOLICITATION CONFERENCE: National Cooperative Education Statistics Systems Contract (NCESS)

                                           "SMALL BUSINESS EVENT"


The U.S. Department of Education (ED) is hosting a Pre-Solicitation Conference
for the procurement titled the National Cooperative Education Statistics Systems Contract (NCESS).

This pre-solicitation conference is open to Small Business contractors.

The Pre-solicitation Conference will be held, as follows:

Date: Friday, May 4, 2012
Time: 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time
Location: Capitol Place
              80 F St. N.W., Room 100 (Large Board Room)
              Washington, DC 20001 

The attached Draft Performance Work Statement is provided to interested parties for questions and comments. All questions and comments shall be in writing and submitted prior to the Pre-Solicitation Conference. Please email all questions and comments by May 1, 2012 to Deila Johnson, Contracting Officer at Deila.Johnson@ed.gov.

ED will answer the questions provided in writing at the Pre-Solicitation Conference held on May 4, 2012. Additional questions will be accepted in writing on the day of the Pre-Solicitation Conference. Responses to all questions will be posted with the Solicitation, at a later time to be determined. 

Additionally, each contractor is required to email a list of attendees and a Corporate Capability Statement by May 1, 2012 to Deila Johnson at Deila.Johnson@ed.gov. The list will be used for Pre-Solicitation Conference attendees to gain entry at the security desk of the building. Contractors should bring state or federal issued identification and business cards to check in at the conference registration desk.