National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Texas State Coordinator

The U.S. Department of Education's (the Department) National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), Institute of Education Sciences (IES) hereby gives notice of intent to award a sole source contract to the Texas Education Agency (TEA) in support of Public Law 107-279 Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 and Public Law 107-110 No Child Left Behind. The Department will contract with TEA to support participation in the NCES State Partnership Program.

First, the legislation provides the Department the authority to pay for the administration of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) to provide state level performance results. Second, the legislation requires the Department to provide technical assistance to states in carrying out the NAEP. The purpose of this procurement is to initiate the partnership between TEA and NCES. The partnership enables NCES to provide TEA with the technical assistance described in the aforementioned legislation. The proposed action will allow TEA to participate in activities and projects developed by the Department to further establish the purpose of the partnership. Due to the nature of the proprietary information needed to fulfill the terms of the contract, TEA is the only entity with the capability to perform. Therefore, an offer will be solicited from the only known source available, TEA.

The anticipated contract will be for 11 months. Under the authority of FAR 6.302-1, only one responsible source exists for this work and no other type of service will satisfy the agency's requirements. A determination by the Government not to compete the proposed contract is solely within the discretion of the Government. This notice is strictly for informational purposes only. However, any Information received from other sources will be reviewed. For specific questions, please contact Kevin.Wade@ed.gov, Contract Specialist, and copy Elizabeth. Johnson, Contracting Officer at Elizabeth.Johnson@ed.gov. Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to this notice no later than 10:00am, EST, June 21, 2018.