SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- Resource Collection for the Literacy Information and Communication System (LINCS) - LINCS Resource Collection Performance Work Statement
- Notice Date
- 6/23/2014
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 611710
— Educational Support Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Education, Contracts & Acquisitions Management, Contracts (All ED Components), 550 12th Street, SW, 7th Floor, Washington, District of Columbia, 20202
- ZIP Code
- 20202
- Solicitation Number
- ED-VAE-14-R-0035
- Point of Contact
- Stephen H. Scheffer, Phone: 2022456285
- E-Mail Address
-
stephen.scheffer@ed.gov
(stephen.scheffer@ed.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Performance Work Statement for LINCS Resource Collection - June 19, 2104 The U.S. Department of Education (Department) anticipates releasing the subject Solicitation ED-VAE-14-R-0035 for Resource Collection for the Literacy Information and Communication System (LINCS) on or around June 30, 2014. It is determined that these services are commercial as defined in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 2.101. This procurement will be competed in accordance with FAR Part 15 (Contracting by Negotiation) and FAR Subpart 13.5 (Test Program for Certain Commerical Items). A draft copy of the Performance Work Statement, including the Scheudule of Deliverables, is attached to this Notice. The Literacy Information and Communication System (LINCS) project represents a commitment by the Department to deepen the use of evidence-based resources and practices in adult education. LINCS provides professional development materials to support instructors, instructional and administrative leaders, researchers, professional development trainers, and curriculum developers. With this new procurement, the Department seeks to address the goal for all youth and adults to have access to effective teachers and leaders by providing resources to improve adult education and literacy services across the nation. The primary goal of the LINCS Resource Collection project is to provide a collection of high-quality evidence-based online resources for adult educators at the state and local levels. These resources will enable educators to design and deliver high-quality learning opportunities for adults so they can succeed in further education and training. To achieve this goal, the contractor shall meet the following objectives: · - Manage the project to ensure accountability and successful outcomes. · - Recruit, train and manage reviewers to review materials for inclusion into the collection. · - Identify, organize and expand subject-oriented collections of instructional and multimedia resources to help state and local adult educators improve the quality and effectiveness of instruction. · - Develop new or revise existing evidence-based professional development resources informed by the highest-quality research available for use by adult education and literacy educators; and assure the quality of the professional development deployed through LINCS Regional Professional Development Centers (RPDCs). · - Disseminate information on new resources in the collection to state and local adult educators through communities of practice or and other appropriate means; and devise communications that promote the adoption of research into practice. The contractor shall be responsible for performing all phases of work associated with the major activities identified in this Performance Work Statement (PWS). The period of performance shall be a twelve (12) month base period with two (2) 12 month option periods to be awarded at the sole discretion of the Department. The total performance period for this the resultant firm fixed-price contract shall be 36 months, if all option periods are exercised. Th http://lincs.ed.gov/professional-development/resource-collections
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