U.S. Department of Labor, ETA, Division of Acquisition and Assistance, 200 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Room S-4203, Washington, D.C. 20210

R -- NET IMPACT EVALUATION OF JOB CORPS SOL RFP-DAA 97-42 DUE 062097 POC Keith A. Bond, Contracting Officer, (202) 219-8698, John M. Steenbergen, Contracting Officer. This synopsis is published pursuant to the requirement of Federal Acquisition Regulation 5.201. The U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (DOL/ETA) intends to award on a sole source basis a 4.5 year extension to contract no. K-4279-3-00-80-30, Net Impact Evaluation of Job Corps. The incumbent contractor is Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. The extension includes the following tasks: 1) A follow-up interview at 48 months after random assignment; 2) Basic skills testing in conjunction with the currently planned 30 month interview; and 3) Collection of Unemployment Insurance wage records to extend the current follow-up period. DOL/ETA is seeking qualified sources to complete the follow-up period through 48 months and provide data on additional outcomes to supplement and extend the current analysis performed by the incumbent contractor. Interested qualified sources are invited to submit a Statement of Capability (SOC), not-to-exceed 10 pages in length within fifteen days of this publication. The SOC should demonstrate the interested source's experience in locating economically disadvantaged young people nationwide and conducting mixed-mode -- telephone and in-person -- interviews with them. The sources' also need experience in econometric analyses of the impacts of employment and training programs -- specifically analyses based on random assignment designs, experience in working with States to access their Unemployment Insurance wage records, and experience in conducting snd scoring tests of literacy and analyzing the results. No solicitation document exists. Responses to this synopsis must be in writing, no telephonic inquiries will be accepted. Responses must include the SOC and must reference both the synopsis DAA 97-42 and DOL/ETA contact Keith A. Bond, 200 Constitution Ave., N.W., Room S-4203, Washington, D.C. 20210. No award will be based on any offer or proposal received in response to this notice. (0154)

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