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<div align="left" style="text-align:justify;">The State of Oregon, acting by and through its Oregon Department of Education (ODE), Office of Finance and Administration, Procurement Services issues this Request for Proposal (RFP) to Oregon School Districts,
Schools and Education Service Districts on behalf of the Office of Learning, Student Services seeking a qualified Contractor to provide Response to Intervention Technical Assistance and Implementation services.</div>
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<div align="left" style="text-align:justify;">Using Implementation Science principles, this scaling up project will support school districts to increase their capacity in implementation of an evidence-based and systematic process for instructional decision
making, referred to as Response to Intervention (RTI).</div>
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<div align="left" style="text-align:justify;"><b>THE RFP’S SCHEDULE OF EVENTS</b></div>
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<div align="left" style="text-align:justify;">RFP Issued <b>August 05, 2014</b></div>
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<div align="left" style="text-align:justify;">RFP Questions and Appeals Due by <b>August 19, 2014 by 2:00 pm (PST)</b></div>
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<div align="left" style="text-align:justify;">RFP Closes <b>September 05, 2014</b> <b>by 2:00 pm (PST)</b></div>
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<div align="left" style="text-align:justify;">Contract Award (anticipated) <b>September 30, 2014</b></div>
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<div align="left" style="text-align:justify;">All questions about the technical requirements of this attached RFP, contractual requirements, or the solicitation and procurement processes must be directed to Karen L Hull, who is identified on the cover page
of this RFP as the Single Point of Contact. Please do not contact the ODE Program Office as it may be cause for disqualification in the RFP process.</div>
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<div align="left" style="text-align:justify;">Thank you,</div>
<div><font face="Tahoma" size="1" color="#41680E"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Karen L Hull</b><font size="1"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;"><b>, </b></span></font><font size="1"><span style="font-size:6pt;"><b>CPPB, OPBC</b></span></font><font size="1" color="#336600"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;"><b> </b></span></font><font size="1" color="olive"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;">
|</span></font><font size="1" color="red"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;"> </span></font><font size="1" color="#336600"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;"> </span></font><font size="1" color="#4A7610"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;">Procurement & Contract Specialist</span></font><font size="1" color="#336600"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;">
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<div><font face="Tahoma" size="1" color="#4A7610"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;"><b>Oregon Department of Education</b><font color="#1F497D"> </font><font color="olive">|</font><font color="gray"> </font>255 Capitol Street NE<font color="#2A5638"> </font><font color="olive">
</font>| Salem, Oregon 97310</span></font></div>
<div><font face="Tahoma" size="1" color="#2A5638"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;">Ph: 503.947.5881 <font color="olive">| </font> Fax: 503.378.8713 or 503.378.5156</span></font></div>
<div><font face="Tahoma" size="1" color="#2A5638"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;">Email:<font color="gray"> </font><a href="mailto:karen.hull@state.or.us"><font color="blue"><u>karen.hull@state.or.us</u></font></a><font color="#1F497D"> </font><font color="gray">|
</font>Web:<font color="#3366FF"> </font><font color="#1F497D"> </font><a href="http://www.ode.state.or.us/"><font color="blue"><u>http://www.ode.state.or.us</u></font></a></span></font></div>
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