Number: 10464406
Country: United States
Source: Federal Business Opportunities
NAICS Code: 541 -- Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services/541720 -- Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities
This synopsis notice is posted in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 5.203(a). The U.S. Department of Education (Department) anticipates release of a new Fiscal Year 2018 procurement titled "Assessing Evidence of Effectiveness in Adult Education" on behalf of the Department"s National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance (NCEE). The Department requires a contractor to conduct a congressionally-mandated National Assessment of Adult Education, which will identify promising adult education strategies and design approaches to evaluate them rigorously. There will be additional options to conduct up to two impact evaluations. Please see the Draft Performance Work Statement (PWS), Draft Instructions to Offerors, and Draft Evaluation Criteria that are attached to this notice.
The Department"s tracking number for market research activities for this procurement is IESE180049AP.
ANTICIPATED PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE The period of performance of the anticipated contract is one 24-month base period with additional optional tasks that could extend the contract another 75 months. The total potential duration of the contract is 99 months in total. The optional tasks will be exercised at the discretion of the Department.
ANTICIPATED CONTRACT TYPE The anticipated contract type will be a Cost-Plus-Fixed Fee (CPFF) contract.
ANTICIPATED ACQUISITION STRATEGY The Department anticipates releasing the Request for Proposals (RFP) within 30 days. It is also anticipated that the acquisition strategy will be a negotiated, competitive acquisition (open to both small and large businesses) conducted in accordance with FAR Part 15.
The contract includes a base period of 24 months to design and assess the feasibility of conducting effectiveness studies of adult education programs and services. It also includes options for the selected contractor to conduct up to two effectiveness studies and to provide logistical support to the Department of Education (Department) in preparing a report to Congress describing findings from the National Assessment of Adult Education.
