Office for Civil Rights

The Department of Education Office for Civil Rights is a sub-agency within the Education Department that procures support services and IT solutions to administer the civil rights compliance and investigation mission. The Office awards contracts for case-management systems, investigative support, legal services, and specialized consulting aligned with its enforcement activities under Title VI, Title IX, and related federal civil rights statutes.

The Office has made 417 total contract awards since 2003 with a combined potential value of $183 million and $98.8 million in obligated dollars. Award activity has been episodic: the portfolio shows 3 awards in 2020, 1 in 2021, 4 in 2023, 10 in 2024, and 1 year-to-date in 2026. The most recent award closed on July 13, 2026. Over the last five years, the Office has worked with 201 distinct prime contractors, indicating a highly fragmented competitive base despite concentrated value concentration.

Kaiva Tech, LLC dominates recent contract value, holding $102.5 million in combined potential value from a single award and representing the largest single transaction in the recent portfolio. The top five primes by value account for $123.4 million combined potential value (67% of recent awards by potential value), with Applied Enterprise Management Corporation second at $18.2 million from one award. The remaining contract base is dispersed across numerous smaller vendors; Kaiva Tech's single large award gives it disproportionate leverage despite accounting for only one award among the top-five by count. By award count, Samantha Adler leads with 4 recent awards totaling $29 thousand, and the top five by count collectively hold 10 awards (67% of recent awards by count), underscoring a structural mismatch between transaction frequency and transaction value in the Office's contracting pattern.

The Office's contracting is almost entirely open to unrestricted competition: 385 of 417 awards (92%) carried no set-aside designation. The remaining awards split among 8(a) Sole Source (14 awards, 3%), Total Small Business (11 awards, 3%), Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (2 awards, 0.5%), Competitive 8(a) (1 award, 0.2%), and HUBZone Sole Source (1 award, 0.2%). This distribution reflects the Office's reliance on specialized professional services and IT vendors that may not fit small-business or disadvantaged-ownership categories, though the portfolio shows meaningful room for small-business participation through unrestricted competition.

Recent contract opportunities are not recorded in the source data; no open or recently posted solicitations are available. Prospective bidders should monitor the Office's acquisition activity through SAM.gov and establish relationships with the Office's contracting staff to track upcoming case-management, investigative-support, and legal-services needs.

This office works to ensure equal access to education and resolve complaints of discrimination.