Department of Education
Washington, DC
Agency facts
- Acronym
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- ED
- Agency code
- 9100
- Organization
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ED
- ACSFA
- CAM
- IES
- NAGB
- NTID
- OCR
- OBEMLA
- OCTAE
- OCO
- OESE
- OELA
- OII
- OLCA
- OM
- OPEPD
- OPE
- OSERS
- OCFO
- OCIO
- OGC
- OIG
- OS
- OUS
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ED
- Contract obligations
- $2,517,206,719 In FY2025
- Website
- ed.gov
Agency codes and contract spending come from SAM.gov/FPDS.
Contract obligations by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Obligated |
|---|---|
| FY2027 To date | $9,649,903 |
| FY2026 | $2,624,486,104 |
| FY2025 | $2,517,206,719 |
| FY2024 | $2,732,449,596 |
| FY2023 | $2,465,522,444 |
Top contractors by obligations
| Rank | Contractor | Obligated, FY2026–FY2027 | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Accenture Federal Services LLC | $543,696,947 | |
| 2 | Nelnet Servicing LLC | $296,204,554 | |
| 3 | Maximus Education LLC | $230,453,364 | |
| 4 | Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority | $204,791,699 | |
| 5 | Edfinancial Services LLC | $140,608,942 | |
| 6 | Maximus Federal Services, Inc. | $118,715,233 | |
| 7 | General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc. | $90,850,450 | |
| 8 | Central Research Inc. | $72,439,930 | |
| 9 | Westat, Inc. | $65,162,776 | |
| 10 | Peraton Enterprise Solutions LLC | $49,717,355 |
See the full FY2025 ranking of Department of Education contractors, by parent company.
Top contract vehicles by obligations
| Rank | Vehicle | Obligated, FY2026–FY2027 | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unified Servicing and Data Solution | $931,747,123 | |
| 2 | Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) | $448,196,698 | |
| 3 | Chief Information Officer - Solutions and Partners 3 (CIO-SP3) | $318,269,708 | |
| 4 | NextGen Enhanced Processing Solution | $53,886,959 | |
| 5 | Defaulted Student Loan Collection Services | $36,167,444 | |
| 6 | Department of Education Support Services | $35,409,520 | |
| 7 | Office of Federal Student Aid and Department of Education Cybersecurity and Privacy Support | $31,578,811 | |
| 8 | Procurement of Research Evaluation and Statistics Task Orders (PRESTO) | $29,394,110 | |
| 9 | Solutions for Enterprise Wide Procurement V (SEWP V) | $28,177,304 | |
| 10 | Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions (EIS) | $22,728,857 |
10 of 32 vehicles listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
Contract opportunities
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Contracting staff
| Rank | Person | SAM.gov records, last 2 years |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Katie Opper | 142 |
| 2 | Alyson Allman | 138 |
| 3 | Joseph Gibbs | 119 |
| 4 | Colin Alleyne | 116 |
| 5 | Jennifer Smith | 81 |
| 6 | David Geary | 80 |
| 7 | Elvis Taylor | 79 |
| 8 | Matthew Lucas | 76 |
| 9 | Nicolas Sanchez | 74 |
| 10 | David Yadeta | 73 |
| 11 | Jana Knapp | 71 |
| 12 | Charles Fields | 64 |
| 13 | Anastasia Jones | 61 |
| 14 | Pamela Bone | 55 |
| 15 | Carlina Smith | 50 |
| 16 | Twana Bethea | 46 |
| 17 | Jonathan Maraggun | 44 |
| 18 | Aleseia Saunders | 42 |
| 19 | Emmanuel Wilson | 33 |
| 20 | Kimberly Kilpatrick | 32 |
About this agency
The Department of Education, a cabinet department, administers federal contracts and grants supporting K–12 education, higher education, education research, and education policy. The agency transacts across two distinct streams: contract work for administrative services, research support, and technology platforms, and grant funding for education programs distributed primarily to state education agencies and research institutions.
The Department closed 23,797 federal contract awards since 1981, with combined potential value of $63.2 billion and $56.32 billion obligated. Recent contract volume has declined: 576 awards in 2022, 534 in 2023, 522 in 2024, 269 in 2025, and 229 year-to-date in 2026. The most recent recorded award date is October 20, 2026. Contract competition is highly fragmented; the top five primes by award count hold only 7% of recent awards. Govsolutions, Inc. leads by count with 34 awards over the last five years, followed by American Institutes For Research In The Behavioral Sciences with 33 awards worth $240.2 million combined potential value. Among the top five by potential value, Edfinancial Services LLC ranks highest at $779.2 million combined potential across 9 awards, but represents only 2% of combined potential value across the portfolio. Roughly 87% of contract awards carry no set-aside designation; 9% are small-business set-asides and 2% are 8(a) sole-source awards, with remaining designations below 1% each.
The Department distributed 307,373 federal grant awards since 1985, with $1347.54 billion in combined federal dollars obligated. Recent grant volume shows 10,784 awards in 2023, 8,981 in 2024, 9,830 in 2025, 5,427 in 2026, and 3 recorded through the most recent date of September 1, 2027. Grant recipients are highly concentrated; the top five recipients by federal dollars hold 3% of all federal dollars obligated over the last five years, dominated by state education agencies: New York State Education Department leads at $13.48 billion across 92 awards, followed by Florida Department Of Education at $11.01 billion and Illinois State Board Of Education at $7.31 billion. Grant funding is predominantly Formula Grants (56% of awards) and Project Grants (44%), with Cooperative Agreements and Block Grants together representing less than 1%.
Active contract solicitations include the Regional Educational Laboratory Program (IDIQ, up to ten 60-month awards, $24.5 million size standard, Phase II proposals due October 30, 2026, award target December 31, 2026), the What Works Clearinghouse Online Study Review Guide market research (Sources Sought, due November 10, 2026), and an Appian Platform Licensing & Support requirement consolidated for small-business set-aside. Grant opportunities from the Institute of Education Sciences span research training, statistical methodology, special education research, and state longitudinal-data initiatives, with deadlines clustering in October and December 2026.
Description
The mission of the Department of Education is to foster educational excellence and to ensure equal access to educational opportunity for all.
Quick answers
What is Department of Education?
Department of Education (ED) is a federal agency.
What offices are part of Department of Education?
Department of Education has 29 sub-agencies and offices with their own GovTribe pages, including Advisory Committee for Student Financial Assistance, American Printing House for the Blind and Contracts and Acquisition Management.
How much does Department of Education spend on contracts?
Contracts funded by Department of Education and its offices obligated $2,517,206,719 in fiscal year 2025 and $10,349,314,765 in fiscal years 2023 through 2027.
Who are Department of Education's largest contractors?
The contractors Department of Education and its offices obligated the most to in fiscal years 2026 and 2027 are Accenture Federal Services LLC ($543,696,947), Nelnet Servicing LLC ($296,204,554) and Maximus Education LLC ($230,453,364).
Which contract vehicles does Department of Education use most?
The contract vehicles Department of Education and its offices obligated the most through in fiscal years 2026 and 2027 are Unified Servicing and Data Solution ($931,747,123), Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) ($448,196,698) and Chief Information Officer - Solutions and Partners 3 (CIO-SP3) ($318,269,708). Orders through any contract vehicle obligated $1,902,728,480 in those years, 72% of its contract obligations.
What is Department of Education's latest contract opportunity?
The latest contract opportunity from Department of Education is What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) Online Study Review Guide (OSRG), pre-solicitation, posted by Contracts and Acquisition Management on October 19, 2026.
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