Pre-Solicitation Announcement: Operations and Maintenance Services for the Participation Management System (PM) - ED-FSA-14-R-0014

THIS ACQUISITION HAS BEEN POSTPONED AND WILL BE COMPETED AT A LATER DATE. STATUS UPDATES WILL BE PROVIDED AS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. ------- The U.S. Department of Education (ED), Office of Federal Student Aid (FSA), anticipates issuing a solicitation for operations and maintenance services (O&M) for the current Participation Management system (PM) in ___TBD______. The anticipated contract will be for a base year and 4 one-year option periods. The procurement will be conducted in two phases in accordance with Department of Education Acquisition Regulation 3415.302-70. The Phase 1 solicitation will require offerors to provide evidence through existing documentation (e.g. contract documents, contract deliverables, client endorsements, etc.) to demonstrate their capabilities to meet the solicitation requirements and to address evaluation factors. The Contracting Officer anticipates that nearly all proposal content will consist of material that is readily available to the offeror. Consequently, the offerors will likely have a period of two weeks to respond to the solicitation. This notice is issued in order to allow interested parties time to begin assembling existing documentation in advance of the solicitation. Please hold any questions regarding the evaluation factors until the solicitation has been posted. You may find additional information about PM in the FBO Sources Sought Notice, ED-FSA-14-SSN-ParticipationManagement-SAIGEnrollmentSite. This notice is for informational purposes only and no proposals will be accepted in response to this notice.