SOLICITATION NOTICE
A -- Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR), Fast-Track
- Notice Date
- 11/7/2007
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 541720
— Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities
- Contracting Office
- Department of Education, Contracts & Acquisitions Management, Contracts (All ED Components), 550 12th Street, SW, 7th Floor, Washington, DC, 20202, UNITED STATES
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- ED-08-R-0008
- Response Due
- 1/22/2008
- Archive Date
- 2/6/2008
- Point of Contact
- Lenox Coles, Jr., Contracting Officer, Phone (202)245-6176, Fax 202-245-6297, - See Description for Contact Information, See 'Description, Phone See Description, Fax See Description, Description
- E-Mail Address
-
Lenox.Coles@ed.gov, See
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- A Fast-Track proposal is a single proposal that contains both Phase I and Phase II activities. Through the Fast-Track (Phase I & II) option, the Department of Education Institute of Education Sciences (IES) intends to fund meritorious proposals that have high potential for the commercialization of technologically innovative products that contribute to improved student learning and academic achievement in the field of education. By providing the opportunity to concurrently submit and review a proposal that contains both Phase I and Phase II activities, the Fast-Track option has the potential to minimize any funding gap between the Phase I and Phase II periods. In order to apply for Fast-Track funding, offerors must submit both 1) a full Phase I proposal and 2) a Fast-Track proposal. Fast-Track proposals that are submitted without a Phase I proposal will not be evaluated. In the Phase I portion of the Fast-Track proposal, the offeror must (1) describe the significance of the project; (2) specify clear, measurable goals (milestones) that detail the development of a functioning prototype of an education technology product; and (3) specify a research plan to test the feasibility of the prototype for implementation in a school or formal education delivery setting. This work must be achieved prior to initiating Phase II, as it will be used to judge the success of the Phase I effort. In the Phase II portion of the Fast-Track proposal, the offeror must (1) specify clear, measurable goals (milestones) that detail the R/R&D process through which the prototype will become, or will be on a trajectory to become, a commercially viable education technology product, (2) provide an evaluation plan to test the efficacy of the product for achieving the intended outcomes in schools or formal education delivery settings, and (3) detail a commercialization plan for the sale and distribution of the product should all the technical objectives be achieved. All Phase I proposals will be evaluated by a Phase I Technical Evaluation Review Panel. The Phase I Technical Evaluation Review Panel will not have access to the Fast-Track proposal that was submitted in the same package. If an offeror's Phase I proposal is under consideration for a Phase I award, the Fast-Track proposal will then be evaluated. In cases where an offeror's Phase I proposal is not under consideration for a Phase I award, the Fast-Track proposal will not be evaluated. All eligible Fast-Track proposals will be evaluated by a Fast-Track Technical Evaluation Review Panel. The Fast-Track proposal will receive a single rating for the proposed Phase I and Phase II project. The government reserves the right to award a contract solely for Phase I to offerors who have also submitted a Fast-Track proposal. Offerors who submit a Fast-Track proposal that are unwilling to accept a Phase I-only award, should not submit a proposal.
- Record
- SN01448303-W 20071109/071107223504 (fbodaily.com)
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