Delivery Order DOLOPS14D0018-DOLOPS14T00085

This is a federal contract award to The RAND Corporation, a nonprofit global policy think tank, for a research study titled "Drawing Down Retirement Wealth: Interactions Between Social Security Wealth and Private Retirement Savings." The $243,053 firm-fixed price contract was awarded on September 17, 2015 and is scheduled for completion on September 29, 2016. The contract was issued by the Department of Labor (DOL) under the "DOL Pension Plan Studies" Indefinite Delivery,...

This is a firm fixed-price delivery order awarded to Advanced Analytical Consulting Group, Inc., a for-profit subchapter S corporation located in Boston, Massachusetts. The contract was awarded by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) with a total ceiling value of $201,190.28. The purpose is to conduct a long-term care study related to employer-provided pension plans, which falls under the DOL's broader program of "Various Economic and Statistical Studies Related to Employer Provided Pension...

This is a $4,745,702.94 federal contract awarded by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES), a division of the U.S. Department of Education, to MDRC, a nonprofit research organization. The contract is for a study on an information strategy to increase enrollment in postsecondary education, particularly among individuals from low-income families and potential first-generation college students. The contract is a definitive contract with a cost-plus-fixed-fee pricing type and has a completion...

This is a firm fixed-price delivery order contract awarded by the Department of Labor (DOL) to the RAND Corporation, a non-profit global policy think tank. The $271,384 contract is for economic analysis, cognitive ability, and retirement decision-making research related to employer-provided pension plans. It is a task order under the DOL Pension Plan Studies Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract vehicle. The award does not utilize a set-aside designation. RAND, the prime...

This is a $56,987,964.00 federal contract awarded by the Institute of Education Sciences at the U.S. Department of Education to the American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences (AIR) to conduct an implementation and impact evaluation study of transition services for students with disabilities, specifically their effects on improving post-high school outcomes. The contract does not have a set-aside designation. AIR is the prime contractor, and it has several subcontractors...

This is a 36-month, $989,315.88 cost-plus-fixed-fee task order awarded by the Department of Transportation National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to Battelle Memorial Institute, a nonprofit research and development organization. The task order is part of NHTSA's Behavioral Traffic Research Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract vehicle. The study will examine the impact of educational interventions on speeding behavior among licensed drivers with prior speeding...

This is a federal contract award from the Department of Labor (DOL) to The RAND Corporation, a nonprofit research organization, for economic analysis and research related to employer-provided pension plans. The contract has a ceiling value of $251,625.00 and was awarded on September 19, 2015 under the DOL Pension Plan Studies Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract vehicle. The contract is for a firm fixed-price delivery order and does not have a set-aside designation. RAND, as...

This is a $189,216,311.83 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract awarded by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) to Research Triangle Institute (RTI International) to conduct data collection for multiple national postsecondary education studies, including the National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS), Baccalaureate and Beyond Longitudinal Study (B&B), and Beginning Postsecondary Students Longitudinal Study (BPS). The contract supports IES's role in providing national education statistics...

This task order was awarded to ABT Global LLC, a subsidiary of ABT Associates, to analyze data and assess the short-term effectiveness of the U.S. Department of Education's (ED) current loan counseling experiment. The task order includes an initial meeting with ED and the option to conduct further evaluations. This requirement falls under the Federal Student Aid (FSA) program's initiative to evaluate strategies designed to improve the federal student aid system, primarily those tested under...

This is a $76,390,197 federal contract awarded by the Social Security Administration (SSA) to Westat, Inc., a professional services firm based in Rockville, Maryland. The contract is for an "Early Intervention Mental Health Demonstration Study" and has an ultimate completion date of June 30, 2023. The contract is a Definitive Contract with a Cost Plus Fixed Fee pricing type, and was not set aside for any special designation. Westat, Inc. has subcontracted with several entities for this...