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*******WEBINAR ANNOUNCEMENT******* Webinar: The Department will conduct a webinar concerning this procurement on January 5, 2022. The link for public viewers is https://edstream.ed.gov/webcast/Play/03... *******WEBINAR ANNOUNCEMENT******* Webinar: The Department will conduct a webinar concerning this procurement on January 5, 2022. The link for public viewers is https://edstream.ed.gov/webcast/Play/034e022e1f144c4ba28f04bf41ead4dc1d. Providing Equitable Title I Services to Eligible Children Attending Private Schools in 53 Bypassed Local Educational Agencies in Missouri and 14 Bypassed Local Educational Agencies in Virginia Sources Sought, Request for Information, and Vendor Engagement Facilitated by the Office of Finance and Operations, Contracts and Acquisitions Management Office THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR QUOTE Contents I. Introduction and Background. 3 II. Procedures. 3 III. Contact Information. 6 List of Attachments. 7 Introduction and Background This SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE and REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) is for market research and planning purposes only and shall not be considered to be an obligation by the Government to acquire any products or services. This requirement is a re-compete of two contracts: 1) Virginia Bypass contract # ED–ESE–17–C–0061 and 2) Missouri Bypass contract # ED-ESE-17-C-0062 The purpose of this notice is to obtain information, for planning purposes, regarding: (1) the availability and capability of qualified small business sources to perform the work described below; and (2) the size classification of the available and capable sources relative to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for the proposed acquisition. The Department anticipates issuing this requirement through beta.SAM.gov using NAICS Code 611710 – Educational Support Services. While the precise acquisition strategy is yet to be determined, the Department is contemplating a cost reimbursement award with one (12) month Base Year and four (12) month Option Years and intends to issue a solicitation for each state sometime in February 2022, with an anticipated award date of no later than July 2022. Pursuant to 48 C.F.R. Part 10, the Government is conducting market research to: Determine what sources exist that are capable of satisfying the Government’s requirements listed below; Determine the capabilities of potential contractors; Determine the size and status of potential sources; and Determine the level of competition. Procedures This Sources Sought will consist of three (3) components: Questions and Comments on the Performance Work Statement Webinar Request for Capabilities Draft Performance Work Statement (DPWS): Attached for your review is a Draft Performance Work Statement, which includes background, purpose of contract, legislative authority, scope of work, and tasks and deliverables. Interested vendors are requested to provide questions and comments on the attached DPWS to include identifying and describing any areas in the DPWS believed to be missing or in need of clarification. In addition, interested parties are asked to identify any competition barriers based on the DPWS and how it is written. Capability Questions: Interested parties may submit questions regarding this sources sought via email to Devonne Collins, Devonne.Collins@ed.gov and copy Gabriella McDonald, Gabriella.McDonald@ed.gov and Hope Whitfield, Hope.Whitfield@ed.gov by 12 noon EST on December 22, 2021. Questions received after this time may not be answered. Please note the Department will not release the estimated level of effort for this contract. Webinar: The Department will conduct a webinar concerning this procurement on January 5, 2022. The link for public viewers is https://edstream.ed.gov/webcast/Play/034e022e1f144c4ba28f04bf41ead4dc1d. More information will be provided the week of December 20th as an amendment to this announcement. Following the webinar, a recording or transcript of the webinar and responses to questions will be posted NLT January 7, 2022, as an amendment to this announcement. The Department reserves the right to provide responses at their discretion. Request for Capability Statements: Interested parties are invited to submit a capability statement. Offerors are expected to demonstrate their ability to provide the services as stated in the Draft PWS. Page limit for capability statements are 15 pages, single spaced, and 12-point font (excluding tables). The capability statements must demonstrate vendors’ ability to perform the requirements outlined below. Please address each in the order listed. Offerors shall describe their experience and capability to include acting as the Local Educational Agency (LEA) for the provision of Title I Services for private school children, their teachers, and families. Consulting with private school officials; Designing, implementing, and evaluating Title I instructional programs, and parent and family engagement activities; Collecting data related to the number of private school children from low-income families; Calculating the amount of funding generated for instruction and parent and family engagement for eligible private school children, their teachers, and families; and Determining student eligibility. Offerors shall describe their experience and capability in current Title I policy related to Title I equitable services including services for eligible private school children, their teachers, and families. These areas of expertise are essential if the offeror is to successfully demonstrate that it can engage in the following activities: Designing and implementing Title I instructional programs for eligible private school children that are both compliant and effective in raising student achievement; Designing and implementing appropriate professional development activities for the classroom teachers that are required to provide quality, meaningful, and appropriate instruction to Title I private school participants; and Designing and implementing parent and family engagement activities for the parents and families of participating Title I private school children. Offerors shall describe their experience and capability in the following areas: Evaluating the Title I instructional program provided for eligible private school children; Collecting data and using it to calculate the amount of Title I funding generated for instruction, and parent and family engagement activities for eligible private school children, their teachers, and families; Maintaining individual student records; and Preparing detailed monthly expenditure reports for Title I equitable services that provide information on the actual expenditures for instruction, and parent and family engagement activities. The Government will review each capability statement based on the interested party’s demonstrated qualifications, capabilities, expertise, experience and past performance for market research purposes. Business Information: Please provide the following Business Information (if applicable): Company Name Company Address Company Point of Contact, phone number and email address DUNS Number Type of company under NAICS, as validated via the Central Contractor Registration (CCR). Additional information on NAICS codes can be found at www.sba.gov. Any potential government contractor must be registered on the CCR located at http://www.ccr.gov/index.asp. Responders should provide the NAICS code they believe is applicable to this PWS. Identify all applicable classifications for your organization, such as: Small business Woman-owned business 8(a) business Large business Small disadvantaged business HUBZone business SDVOB business Non-profit Current GSA Schedules, if any, appropriate to this Sources Sought Point of Contact, phone number and email address of individuals who can verify the demonstrated capabilities identified in the responses. Responses to this RFI will be accepted via e-mail to the address listed below. Respondents will not be notified of the results of this evaluation. Capability statements will not be returned and will not be accepted after the due date. Due Date for Capability Statement Submission: Interested parties having the capabilities necessary to perform the stated requirements may submit capability statements via email to Devonne Collins, Devonne.Collins@ed.gov and copy Gabriella McDonald, Gabriella.McDonald@ed.gov and Hope Whitfield, Hope.Whitfield@ed.gov by 12 noon EST on Thursday, January 13, 2022. Vendors should submit the documents in one email. Please note that the Department imposes a 15MB file size limitation. This limitation accounts for potential file size increases associated with Microsoft Cloud services and may be different from earlier Department file size restrictions. Participation in this vendor outreach effort is entirely voluntary. A response to this RFI is not required in order to respond to any RFQ that the Department may issue. Please note that all procurement-related documents in this request are draft versions. The content of each document may change substantially between release of this request and release of the final solicitation. The final solicitation will be governed by the terms, conditions, instructions, and criteria in that document. Vendors should not rely on the contents of this request for preparing final proposals. To the extent that information provided in this document is inconsistent with or contradicts information contained in the final solicitation, the final solicitation controls. Contact Information Please note that only the individuals listed below are authorized points of contact for this competition. No members of the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE) will respond to inquiries even if the individual is responsible for technical direction under an existing OESE contract. The following members comprise the acquisition team for this procurement and are the primary points of contact: Devonne Collins Devonne.Collins@ed.gov (202)-453-6316 Contract Specialist Hope Whitfield hope.whitfield@ed.gov (202) 253-7876 Contracting Officer/Source Selection Authority Dissemination of Procurement Information Vendors are strongly encouraged to communicate via email. All announcements regarding the procurement will be posted to beta.SAM.gov. List of Attachments Draft Performance Work Statement for both Virginia and Missouri. DISCLAIMER: PARTICIPATION IN THE MARKET RESEARCH IN NO WAY INFLUENCES THE SOURCE SELECTION FOR THESE SERVICES. This is not an invitation for bid, request for proposal or other solicitation. The sole purpose of this Notice is to obtain capabilities for procurement planning purposes. This Notice is not to be construed as a commitment on the part of the Government to award a contract nor does the Government intend to directly pay for any information or responses submitted as the result of this Notice. Any contract that might be awarded based on information received or derived from this Notice will be the outcome of the competitive process.