Vendor Collaboration - The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Logistics and Program Support Services

The U.S. Department of Education (Department) is hosting a Vendor Communication Webinar Event to provide pertinent details regarding The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Logistics and Program Support Services on behalf of the Departments' Institute for Education Sciences (IES), National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). The Department's intent is to host a Webinar in which interested parties and potential offerors can obtain key information on the requirement to allow for a robust understanding of the respective requirement in its entirety, and to obtain valuable feedback from industry. The date and time of this Webinar are 1:00-2:00pm, ET on July 2, 1013. A brief overview of the requirement is provided below. The Department intends to solicit and negotiate an Indefinite Quantity/Indefinite Delivery (IDIQ) contract to a single, successful offeror. The IDIQ contract will have fixed-price task orders. Funding will be provided as task orders are issued. This requirement is 100% set-aside for small businesses, under the authority of FAR 19.7.The purpose of this requirement is to obtain program support and services to facilitate planning, reporting and tracking of publications, coordinating support for program and policy issues related to NAEP in areas such as technical meetings, securing external experts to address specific issues (e.g., task forces on increasing student participation, item review, report production); managing standing and ad hoc experts needed to support the next generation of NAEP assessments (panels of principals and teachers, as well as panels of technology specialists to support on-line assessments, and panels of content and policy specialists in areas such as readiness and improving school and student participation. - Logistical support covers a range of activities and services required for the successful implementation of meetings, conferences, and/or events. Support shall include, but not be limited to, providing pre-/onsite/post-meeting support; developing work plans; selecting venues and negotiating contracts for vendor services; preparing agendas; preparing and sending letters of invitation, confirming participation; assembling, preparing, copying, and distributing meeting and conference materials; providing online meeting registration (if requested); making travel arrangements for sponsored guests, including lodging and per diem; issuing honoraria; processing/reimbursing travel expenses for non-federal meeting participants; arranging for and securing audiovisual and 508 compliant services; note-taking, reporting, and transcription services (if requested); and preparing detailed written meeting summaries (if requested). - Program Support Services shall include but not be limited to providing the Assessment Division (AD) with on-site support in the management and coordination of all publications/reports and data products needed to respond in a timely fashion to external requests. Program support will include the writing of original text for briefing papers, short reports and the review and editing of source documents and reports from internal and external sources to National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) and providing feedback to the Assessment Division. The draft Performance Work Statement (PWS) is included with this notice. The Department encourages comments and feedback from capable and interested vendors to the draft PWS, including comments and feedback to improve the scope of work, proposed methodology, and recommend possible contract arrangements for consideration.