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B -- COLLEGE COST STUDY SOL ED-99-R-0011 DUE 043099 POC Sang Park, Contract Specialist, 202-708-8222 The United States Department of Education has a requirement for a large, complex data collection. This data collection, the College Cost Study(CCS), is designed to collect data on specific components of college costs or expenditures/expenses of higher education institutions, to measure these costs according to the methodology specified by the College Cost Commission and to explore the relationship between these costs and the tuition and fees charged by these institutions. The method of data collection will be a computer assisted institutional data collection protocol(IDCP) that will collect data primarily found in the administrative records of the sampled institutions, augmented by interviews with institutional personnel. This study will culminate in a Congressionally mandated report to be delivered to Congress by September 30, 2002. RFP ED-99-R-0011 will be issued on or about 03/31/99. The closing date is 04/30/99. Requests for copies of the RFP may be made by telephone, mail, E-mail, telegram or in person. All requests shall reference RFP ED-99-R-0011 and the title of the RFP. The Request for Proposals can also be found on the Internet on or about the RFP issue date at http://gcs.ed.gov or gopher://gcs.ed.gov. Telephone requests may ONLY be placed by calling 202-708-6498. E-mail requests shall be sent to Yolanda_Abney@ed.gov. Mail or telegram requests shall be sent to the above address. Copies may be picked up in person on the issue date at the same address. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which will be considered. Posted 03/16/99 (I-SN309139). (0075)

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