R--Amendment to subject RFI 1406-04-08-RI-54519

This is Amendment 0001 to Request for Information (RFI) Number 1406-04-08-RI-54519, published on April 4, 2008, under the FedBizOpps Service Category R notice, entitled "State-Based Training and Technical Assistance Services to Head Start and Early Head Start Grantees." The purpose of this Amendment is to reemphasize that this RFI is a request for public comment. Notwithstanding any contrary impression that may have been created by an email that you may have received on April 8, 2008, by which a government office, DHHS/ACF/OHS, forwarded certain third-party information, the Government has not yet determined an acquisition strategy for this requirement. Nor has the Government determined or endorsed any particular method or approach for fulfilling the requirements mandated for the State-Based Training and Technical Assistance Services Offices under the "Improving Head Start for School Readiness Act of 2007." We cannot emphasize strongly enough that we are eager for the public to share its knowledge when addressing the eleven items listed in the RFI and for your feedback on the Statement of Objectives to assist the Government with this acquisition. We hope and expect that this process will result in numerous and unique proposed solutions in response to the Request for Proposal. Please note that there is no incumbent for this requirement, nor, as noted above, does the Government have any favored approach. Establishment of State-Based Training and Technical Assistance Services Offices is an entirely new requirement under the "Improving the Head Start for School Readiness Act of 2007." The RFI with the Statement of Objectives can be found at the Acquisition Services Directorate website at: http://www.aqd.nbc.gov/solic/solicitations.asp. We look forward to receiving your responses. Please respond by April 18, 2008, as instructed in the RFI. All responses will be considered by the Government, and we greatly appreciate your time and effort in preparing a response.