Support for the 2026-27 National Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS), 2027-28 Principal Follow-up Survey(PFS), and Teacher Follow-up Survey (TFS)
Closed Pre-Solicitation Posted
- Solicitation number
- 2147
- Agency
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Department of Education
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 541611 Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services
- Place of performance
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
Paragraph 1:
The U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences (IES) is seeking contractor support for the 2026-27 National Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS), the 2027-28 Principal Follow-up Survey (PFS), and the 2027-28 Teacher Follow-up Survey (TFS). The contractor will be responsible for reviewing survey materials, planning data collection, providing quality assurance, and producing documentation and reports using the data from these three related surveys. Key tasks include monitoring data collection training, creating restricted-use data files, developing user's manuals, and publishing First Look reports and other data products. The government is conducting market research and requesting capability statements from interested parties, including information on the draft Performance Work Statement and pricing structure.
Paragraph 2:
This procurement is not set aside for any specific business size or socioeconomic category. The government is seeking to determine if the requirement can be set aside for small businesses. No potential incumbents or current contractors are named. The contract will have a one-base period from November 4, 2024 through December 31, 2029, but the government makes no assurances that a solicitation will result from this notice. Specific award values or budget ranges are not provided.
Notice text
The Institute of Education Sciences (IES) is the statistics, research, and evaluation arm of the U.S. Department of Education. Our mission is to provide scientific evidence on which to ground education practice and policy and to share this information in formats that are useful and accessible to educators, parents, policymakers, researchers, and the public. The purpose of this notice is for informational purposes only in conducting market research. This is a Request for Information and Capability Statements. Parties that submit responses are not guaranteed any response from the Department. Responses from small business firms are highly encouraged to determine whether or not this requirement can be set-aside for the small businesses.
This procurement addresses the need to understand the condition of education in the United States. This project supports the collection of descriptive data on the context of elementary and secondary education in the United States via a nationally representative survey of teachers and principals through the National Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS), the Teacher Follow-up Survey (TFS) and the Principal Follow-up Survey (PFS) collectively known as the NTPS Survey Program. The NTPS began in the 2015-16 school year following a redesign of its predecessor, the Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS). Plese see the attached draft Performance Work Statement (Attachment A) for additional details about this requirement.
PLEASE NOTE: All information contained in this notice is preliminary in nature and subject to change. This notice is issued solely for information and planning purposes and does not constitute a Request for Proposals (RFP), Request for Quotations (RFQ), Invitation for Bids (IFB), or a commitment on the part of the Government to conduct a solicitation in the future. All information provided is strictly voluntary and no reimbursement will be made by the Government for any costs associated with providing a response to this notice or otherwise participating in market research activities. Further, the U.S. Department of Education offers no assurance that a solicitation will result from this notice.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| NTPS 2026-28 RFI.pdf | ||
| Attachment A-NTPS 2026-28 Draft PWS.pdf |
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