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<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; text-align: justify; "><font color="#000080"><b>Business Mangers and Program Directors - IMPORTANT NOTICE:</b></font></div>
<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; text-align: justify; "><font color="#800080">This Request for Qualifications (RFQ) is intended to identify a list of potential Education Service Districts and School Districts having the expertise to provide
the Client Services, described in the attached RFQ documents,<font face="Times New Roman, serif" color="#000000"> </font>on behalf of the Oregon Department of Education (ODE). </font></div>
<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; text-align: justify; "><font color="#800080">By<font face="Times New Roman, serif" color="#000000"><b> </b></font><b>March 17, 2009</b>, Districts should respond to the RFQ regarding their qualifications for
the programs in which they wish to participate. Only those Applicants meeting the RFQ criteria will be invited to submit a full proposal for consideration in awarding the final contracts. In the event only one qualified District expresses interest in a particular
program/location, ODE may elect to forego the RFP process for the program and move directly into the contract process.</font></div>
<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; text-align: justify; "><font color="#800080">Any Applicant requiring clarification of the information or protesting any provision, must submit specific questions/protests or comments in writing to me. </font></div>
<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; text-align: justify; "><font color="#800080">The deadline for submitting such questions/protest is<font face="Times New Roman, serif" color="#000000"><b> </b></font><b>February 26, 2009</b> at 2:00 pm. If ODE
determines additional information or interpretation is necessary, such information or interpretation will be supplied in Addenda which will be sent to all persons or entities having received this RFQ from ODE. </font></div>
<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; "><font color="#800080">I look forward to working with you.<font face="Times New Roman, serif" color="#000000"> </font></font></div>
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<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; "><font color="#800080">Lillie Gray, CPPB, OPBC<br>
Interim Director Procurement Services<br>
Oregon Department of Education<br>
Phone: 503-947-5647<br>
Fax: 503-378-8713<br>
Email: lillie.gray@state.or.us<br>
Website: <a href="www.ode.state.or.us"><font color="#0000FF"><u>www.ode.state.or.us</u></font></a> </font></div>
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