Website Support and Data Visualization

The U.S. Department of Education (Department), Office of the Secretary (OS) seeks to make an award to a qualified contractor who shall provide technical support to design, develop and maintain externally-facing websites for the Office of Educational Technology within OS, including data visualizations, and to provide ongoing support for the Department's Learning Registry. The Learning Registry aggregates data about online education resources. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation. Quotations are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The principal place of performance shall be at a contractor-provided site unless otherwise proposed. This is a small business set-aside. Interested sources must submit information that demonstrates their ability to meet the requirements above, no later than August 21, 2014 at 2:00 PM EST. Any quotes and questions must be submitted electronically to the attention of Pavan.Mehrotra@ed.gov, Contract Specialist, with a concurrent copy to Jessalyn.Lord@ed.gov, Contracting Officer. Quotations shall include Solicitation Number, company name, point of contact, address, phone number, email, fax number, DUNS number, and size status under NAICS 541511 (i.e., small business, disadvantaged business, woman owned business, etc.). Offers must be valid for 60 calendar days after submission. Technical quotations are limited to 25 pages double-spaced, and no smaller than 12-point font, not including attachments. Quotes must be submitted by August 21, 2014 at 2:00 PM EST. Offerors will be evaluated based on price and ability to meet the following solicitation requirements. The basis for the award will be best value through trade-offs; therefore, the Department may award to other than the lowest-priced offeror. See Attachment A - Applicable Clauses. Please note that offerors must include a completed copy of FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications - Commercial Items. In addition, the offeror must identify the contract administrator as required by clause 306-8. This solicitation and its corresponding provisions are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular Number 2005-74. General Provision 309-1a - List of Attachments; Attachment A - Applicable Clauses; Attachment B - Performance Work Statement; Attachment C - Addendum to the PWS