Department of Education National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) Design & Coordination Team Solicitation

The U.S. Department of Education (Department) releases this solicitation titled the - National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) Coalition of Teams on behalf of the Department's Institute of Education Sciences (IES). NAEP is the nation's largest, longest running and most highly regarded nationally representative assessment of student achievement in the United States. NAEP serves as a national yardstick of student achievement, informing the public about what America's students know and can do in various subject areas, including civics, mathematics, reading, science, writing, and U.S. history. The NAEP coalition Teaming contracts will be solicited under three (3) separate Request for Proposal (RFP) on sam.gov to cover each coalition teaming tasks, totaling eight (8). All NAEP assessments have critical path processes that are conducted by individual contractors as part of the overall team and Coalition of contractors; however, they are dependent upon one another for completion to meet the needs of NAEP. The Department intends to enter into the following three (3) contracts with qualified entities to establish one (1) team of contractors to carry out the NAEP Coalition teaming tasks that make up the Design and Coordination team. Team: Design and Coordination Task 1- Program Operations Coordination Task 2- Sampling & Weighting Task 3- Design Analysis & Reporting List of Attachments to Solicitation 91990024R0002- NAEP Design and Coordination_V2_6.21.24: Attachment A - Attachment A - NAEP Design and Coordination Team (SOO)_V2 Attachment B - Contract Performance Information Form Attachment C - Required Government Furnished Equipment (GFP) for Task 3 - (DAR) Attachment D - Pricing Template Task 1 - (POC) Attachment E - Pricing Template Task 2 - (S&W) Attachment F - Pricing Template Task 3 - (DAR) Attachment G - Contractor Personnel Listing Attachment H - Task 1 POC QASP Attachment I - Task 2 SW QASP Attachment J - Task 3 DAR QASP Attachment K - eNAEP overview Attachment L - AMS Overview Attachment M - NDECORETechnicalOverview_NCES Attachment N - NQTOverviewNCES Attachment O - NAEP Private Sites Anticipated Award Date: The anticipated award date of the NAEP Team Coalition contracts is November 2024. The period of performance for each NAEP Team Coalition contract, will be for one (1) 12-month Base Period and four (4) 12-month optional years. Clarification Questions: The Department will accept clarification questions from potential offerors. Questions must be submitted electronically to Kristi.Rhodes@ed.gov, with a carbon copy to David.Geary@ed.gov by 12:00 PM (Eastern Standard Time) on July 1, 2024. Proposal Submission: Proposals must be submitted electronically by 10:00 AM (Eastern Standard Time) on August 19, 2024. Proposals must be submitted with the email subject line - Team Name [919900-24-R-0002] ([Name of Offeror]) to Kristi.Rhodes@ed.gov, with a carbon copy to David.Geary@ed.gov. Instructions to Offeors and Evaluation Criteria: Refer to Section L & M of the document "91990024R0002- NAEP Design and Coordination" for complete details. SUMMARY OF SOLICITATION AMENDMENTS: Amendment 01 - Correct typos in RFP document 91990024R0002 and Attachment A - NAEP Design and Coordination Team SOO Amendment 02 - Add attachmentment "91990024R0002 Questions with Responses" excel.doc Amendment 03 - As follows: Adds attachment of updated version of "91990024R0002 Questions with Responses" excel.doc (highlighted) Adds attachment of updated version of "91990024R0002-NAEP Design and Coordination_V3_7.17.24" which clarifies on page #65 that the Data Security Plan can be included as an appendix and corrects the reference in final bullet on page #68 relating to performance metrics. Adds attachment of updated version of "Attachment A - NAEP Design and Coordination Team SOO_V3_7.17.24" which revises subsection 11.1.6 for all 3 tasks to reduce redundancy and adds a reference chart to page #123 of historical estimates for the special size studies. Amendment 04- Add fillable Attachment B- Contract Performance Information Form AWARD ANNOUNCEMENT NOTICE: Award has been made to the following entities: NAEP Task 1: Program and Operations Coordination Contract #: 91990025C0001 Educational Testing Service 660 Rosedale Road Princeton, New Jersey 08541 $46,260,111.60.00 Performance Period: 11/1/2024 through 10/31/2029 NAEP Task 2: Sampling and Weighting Contract #: 91990025C0002 Westat Inc. 1600 Research Blvd. Rockville, MD 20850 $23,075,699.00 Performance Period: 11/1/2024 through 10/31/2029 NAEP Task 3: Design, Analysis, and Reporting Contract #: 91990025C0003 Educational Testing Service 660 Rosedale Road Princeton, New Jersey 08541 $121,942,012.43 Performance Period: 11/1/2024 through 10/31/2029 **Reference attachment posted 11/1/24.