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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";color:black">The Oregon Department of Education is releasing this Request for Proposal (RFP) for a qualified Education Service District (ESD) to act as "Lead Contractor"
providing Helpdesk Services for accountability testing, date collection and reporting.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";color:black">If you have any questions or need additional information related to this RFP please contact my office. Thank you.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Respectfully,<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";letter-spacing:2.0pt">Karen L Hull</span></b><b><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";letter-spacing:2.0pt">,
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";letter-spacing:2.0pt">CPPB, OPBC</span></b><b><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> </span></b><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">
| Procurement & Contract Specialist | Office of Finance & Administration<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:7.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Oregon Department of Education</span></b><span style="font-size:7.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> |
255 Capitol Street NE | Salem, Oregon 97310<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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