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R -- NATIONAL SURVEY OF RECENT COLLEGE GRADUATES FOR 1997 AND 1999 SOL SRS-97004 POC Danny N. Price, Contract Specialist, (703) 306-1242. The National Science Foundation (NSF) has a requirement to perform the National Survey of Recent College Graduates (NRSCG). The NRSCG is a biennial cross-sectional survey of individuals who recently received a bachelor's or master's degree from a U.S. educational institution. The NRSCG is part of the Scientist and Engineer Data System (SESTAT), a system of data about the nation's science and engineering (S&E) workforce. This requirement will include surveys of graduates to be conducted in 1997 and 1999. The sample will include 13,500 graduates in 1997 and 13,500 graduates in 1999. Both surveys will also include a longitudinal component (graduates followed over a series of surveys rather than one point in time). This longitudinal component will include 14,000 individuals in 1997 and 20,500 individuals in 1999. The contractor shall be expected to perform a series of tasks which can be grouped into the following major categories: (1) Staffing and planning of survey activities and all project management plans; (2) Preliminary survey activities that include clearance documentation and preparation of survey materials; (3) Data collection; (4) Statistical procedures (i.e. sampling, imputing, weighting); (5) Generation of survey results (i.e. public use tapes, CD-ROM diskettes, computer-based and hard copy tabulations); and (6) Research analysis activities and quality control reports. RFP SRS-97004 is expected to be released on or about December 9, 1996, with a 30-day proposal submission period on a full and open competition basis. Interested parties must submit a written request for a copy of the solicitation package to the address included in this notice. Telephone requests for the solicitation package will not be honored; however, written requests may be faxed to (703) 306-0280, ATTN: Danny N. Price. The contract is expected to be for a five-year period. (0324)

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