Vendor Collaboration Event, Development and Technical Assistance for Leveraging Analysis Based Websites (Datalab), RFQ # 919900-18-Q-0006 (IESE180146AP)

Vendor Collaboration Webinar & General Information

The U.S. Department of Education (the Department) is hosting a Vendor Collaboration Webinar Event to provide pertinent details regarding its Fiscal Year 2018 (FY18) procurement: Development and Technical Assistance for Leveraging Analysis Based Websites (Datalab) on behalf of the Departments' Institute for Education Sciences (IES), National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) division. The Department's intent is to host a Webinar during which interested parties and prospective offerors can obtain key information on the requirement, to allow for a robust understanding of the respective requirement in its entirety, to obtain valuable feedback from industry, and to provide a platform whereby small businesses may obtain the information on other interested parties to support robust small business subcontracting opportunities, partnering and/or teaming arrangements.

Attachments to this notice are as follows:

Attachment A - Draft Performance Work Statement
Attachment B - Capability Statement Instructions

A brief overview of the requirement and logistical information for the Vendor Collaboration Webinar Event is provided below:

Requirements Overview
The Department intends to award a contract in FY18 to provide web-based data analysis tools for survey studies fielded by NCES. These tools allow users to create tables and graphics representing education data, examine trends over time, analyze data, and generate statistics. These data tools use data from several large and complex data collections including national longitudinal surveys, linked cross-sectional surveys, census data, and administrative record data. Datalab is an evolved iteration of the predecessor requirement Postsecondary Education Data Structure Support (PEDSS). The PEDSS contract was awarded in September 2012 and is set to expire in September 2018. While PEDSS only focused on Postsecondary Education data, Datalab will provide tools for all levels of education.
Period of Performance

The period of performance for the anticipated contract is 120 months, broken out as shown below:
Base Period: 60 months
Option Period 1: 60 months

Solicitation Number: 919900-18-Q-0006

NAICS Code: 541511 (Custom Computer Programming Services)

Anticipated Acquisition Strategy: Small Business Set Aside

Anticipated Contract Type: Labor Hours

Datalab Vendor Webinar details are provided below:

WEBINAR REGISTRATION:
All interested parties must register by sending an email contracting their company name, size & socioeconomic standards and number of attendees to the Contract Specialist (barakat.shakir@ed.gov) by 12 noon EST, Wednesday, December 13, 2017.

Registration is important to ensure enough meeting spots are available for interested parties.
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Topic: Development and Technical Assistance for Leveraging Analysis Based Websites (Datalab)

Pre-Solicitation Webinar
Date: Thursday, December 14, 2017
Time: 11:00 am Eastern Daylight Time (New York, GMT-04:00)
Meeting Number: 748 128 944
Meeting Password: datalab

Telephone Line: 888-469-0494
Passcode: 4124688
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To join the online meeting (Now from mobile devices!)
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1. Go to: https://educate.webex.com/educate/j.php?MTID=md21e9be38a3712ad5680d3d98b6e05c2
2. If requested, enter your name and email address.
3. If a password is required, enter the meeting password: datalab
4. Click "Join".
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For assistance
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1. Go to https://educate.webex.com/educate/mc
2. On the left navigation bar, click "Support".