SPECIAL NOTICE
R -- Vendor Engagement-National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Publications, Outreach, Operations and Dissemination Support (PO2DS) - Attachment B-Request for Capabilities Statement - Draft Performance Work Statement
- Notice Date
- 7/3/2018
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 541820
— Public Relations Agencies
- 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
- 91990018QPO2DS
- Archive Date
- 10/31/2018
- Point of Contact
- Sabrina Phillips, , Kevin T. Wade, Phone: 2022458067
- E-Mail Address
-
sabrina.phillips@ed.gov, kevin.wade@ed.gov
(sabrina.phillips@ed.gov, kevin.wade@ed.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Attachment A-Draft PWS Attachment B-Request for Capabilities Statement The U.S. Department of Education (the Department) is hosting a Vendor Webinar Event on Tuesday, July 10, 2018 from 11:00am 12:00pm Eastern Standard Time (EST) to provide pertinent details regarding a new fiscal year 2018 procurement, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Publications, Outreach, Operations and Dissemination Support (PO2DS) contract," for the Departments' Institute for Education Sciences (IES), National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). The Department's intent is to host a Webinar during which interested parties and prospective offerors can obtain key information on the requirement, to allow for a robust understanding of the respective requirement in its entirety, to obtain valuable feedback from industry, and to provide a platform whereby both large and small businesses may obtain the information on other interested parties to support robust small business subcontracting opportunities, partnering, and/or teaming arrangements. A brief overview of the requirement and logistical information for the Vendor Collaboration Webinar is provided below: Requirements Overview: The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) is seeking a contractor to provide publications, operations, outreach and dissemination support (PO2DS) to one of its flagship programs, the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), for the procurement period FY2019 - FY2024. NCES continues to position NAEP as a leader in large-scale assessments, most recently by transitioning its paper-based assessments to a digital platform. As NCES continues to innovate and improve, it is critical for NCES to communicate its accomplishments, lessons learned, progress, and upcoming endeavors to its diverse yet equally important audiences. The contractor will provide outreach support to stakeholders and targeted audiences. Such communications must be timely, accurate, coordinated, and well crafted. The contractor will be responsible for the preparation, release and dissemination of publications including field materials for both printed and electronic formats. In order to provide proper support to NCES and NAEP, the Contractor must leverage expertise in the following areas: •Clear writing principles; •Social media; •Media and public relations; •Brand maintenance and promotions; •Digital data visualization, video, and graphic productions; •Interviews and focus groups; •Presentation development, coordination, and support; •Education-related conferences; and, •Statistical, scientific, and technical principles. The Contractor must apply these areas of expertise by using up-do-date technologies, tools, resources, and best practices. Solicitation Number: TBD NAICS Code: 541820 Public Relations Agencies Anticipated Acquisition Strategy: GSA Part 8.4 Procedures-FSS Schedule 00CORP -The Professional Services Schedule (PSS) Advertising and Integrated Marketing Solutions ( AIMS)/Special Item Number (SIN) 541 Public Relations Services. Anticipated Contract Type: Fixed Price and Time & Materials Attachments: Attachment A - Draft Performance Work Statement Attachment B - Capability Statement Instructions WEBINAR REGISTRATION: All interested parties please register by sending an email noting their company name, size & socioeconomic standards; number of attendees; and number of phone lines that will be participating in the Webinar to the Contract Specialist (Kevin.Wade@ed.gov) by 3:00PM EST, Monday, July 9, 2018. The Department intends to host the webinar via Skype. Information on how to join the webinar will be posted here as soon as it is available.
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