The Department of Education awarded a $5,679,201.87 firm-fixed price contract to Standards Work Inc., a non-profit organization, to develop and deploy technical assistance resources to support states' long-term efforts to guide the effective implementation of state-adopted academic standards. The contract is designed to assist states in building sustainable implementation models to fully integrate standards at the state and program levels, helping to ensure all adult students obtain the...
This contract was awarded by the Department of Education Office of Career Technical and Adult Education to the American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences (AIR), a non-profit organization, to identify, develop, and deploy high-quality, evidence-based, practical examples of instructional strategies for integrating employability skills and workforce preparation activities into adult education and literacy instruction. The contract is a Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) call under...
The Department of Education's Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education (OCTAE) awarded a $2.9 million firm fixed price contract to the American Institutes for Research (AIR) to support state capacity building for adult education and literacy. Under the Mission Oriented Business Integrated Services (MOBIS) Governmentwide Acquisition Contract, AIR will create and implement a comprehensive technical assistance plan for OCTAE's Division of Adult Education and Literacy over a two-year...
This task order, valued at $2.17 million, was awarded by the Department of Education's Office of Career Technical and Adult Education to Research Triangle Institute, doing business as RTI International, on a firm fixed price basis. The purpose is to provide technical assistance to support states and Integrated English Literacy and Civic Education practitioners. RTI will draw on its Grants Management Support Services multiple award contract vehicle. Major subcontractors include Safal Partners,...
The Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) has awarded a sole source contract to the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO), a non-profit organization, to provide capacity-building support for the implementation of DoDEA's College and Career Ready Standards (CCRS) across multiple curriculum areas. The firm-fixed-price contract, valued at $835,939.65, has a one-year base period with four optional years, and does not have a set-aside designation. CCSSO will provide agency...
The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education (OCTAE) awarded a $750,474.52 firm fixed price contract to the American Institutes For Research (AIR) to provide additional Teaching Skills That Matter training for adult educators and state-level professionals. This contract call was issued against AIR's Grants Management Support Services master blanket purchase agreement. AIR will perform the work in Washington, D.C. from August 2021 through September 2023....
This $16,464,404 definitive cost-plus-fixed-fee contract was awarded by the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences (IES) to Mathematica Inc. to conduct the "Assessing the Effectiveness in Evaluation of Adult Education Study." The contract has no set-aside designation. The contract involves feasibility and design work for impact studies of adult education programs and strategies, with options to implement up to two impact studies and provide logistical support...
This task order was awarded by the Department of Education's Office of Career, Technical and Adult Education to Impaq International LLC, a for-profit limited liability company, to develop a toolkit and training that supports state and local efforts to expand and enhance integrated education and training (IET) offerings for adult education participants. The task order, which has a completion date of August 29, 2022 and a potential value of $2,214,553.85, is a call under the Professional...
This is a $2,479,186.00 definitive, firm-fixed price contract awarded by the Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education (OCTAE) to the American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences (AIR), a non-profit research organization. The contract will provide technical and logistical support to OCTAE in preparing adult English language learners for rigorous college and career readiness standards. The contract does not have a set-aside designation. AIR, the prime contractor, has...
This $2,972,103 firm fixed price task order was awarded to Jobs For The Future Inc. (JFF), a nonprofit organization, to provide technical assistance and training to states in improving digital literacy for adult education participants. The task order falls under a Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) with the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Career, Technical and Adult Education. JFF has a history of providing grants management support, workforce training, and digital literacy initiatives to...