Delivery Order DOLOPS14D0021-DOLOPS14T00093

The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) awarded a $150,000 firm fixed-price purchase order to Club Vita US LLC on September 30, 2024, to conduct an actuarial study of longevity risk related to the PBGC's single-employer insurance program. Under this contract, Club Vita will analyze and assess the PBGC's longevity risk exposure by benchmarking the annuitant population mortality experience, reviewing historical mortality studies, evaluating mortality improvement trends, and quantifying the...

This is a delivery order awarded by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) to Advanced Analytical Consulting Group, Inc., a for-profit subchapter S corporation located in Wayland, Massachusetts. The $243,509.71 firm fixed-price contract is for economic analysis on "Qualified Longevity Annuity Contracts (QLACs) and Other Deferred Annuities." The contract is part of the DOL Pension Plan Studies master indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract vehicle. The place of...

This is a firm fixed-price delivery order awarded by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) to the Urban Institute, a nonprofit research organization, to conduct an economic analysis assessing the impact of alternative work arrangements on retirement security. The contract has a ceiling value of $184,198.00 and was awarded under the DOL Pension Plan Studies indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract vehicle. The work is categorized under the "VARIOUS ECONOMIC AND STATISTICAL...

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 $2,956,659.06 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract awarded by the Social Security Administration (SSA) to Westat, Inc., a prominent research and professional services firm. The contract is for the "Exits from Disability Evidence Study," which aims to collect information on the service, medical, and employment needs of working-age adults (18-64) exiting SSA disability programs due to medical improvement. The study's goal is to identify potential interventions and inform policy...

This is a firm fixed-price delivery order awarded by the Department of Labor (DOL) to The RAND Corporation, a nonprofit global policy research organization. The contract is for economic analysis services related to employer-provided pension plans, specifically on the topic of opt-out retirement plan default settings. The $259,914 award is part of a larger DOL Pension Plan Studies contract vehicle and will support various economic and statistical studies for the agency. The contract does not...

This is a prime contract awarded by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) to Advanced Analytical Consulting Group, Inc., a for-profit subchapter S corporation based in Wayland, Massachusetts. The contract, valued at $298,061.34, is for the economic analysis of the probability of fiduciary violations of employee benefit plans. It is part of the DOL Pension Plan Studies master indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract vehicle, under which the company has also received other prime...

This is a firm fixed price delivery order contract awarded by the Department of Labor (DOL) to Impaq International, LLC, a for-profit limited liability company. The contract, valued at $117,665.41, is for economic analysis services related to the Multiemployer Pension Reform Act (MPRA). The results of this research will provide insights into the ability of the MPRA to save the most troubled multi-employer pension plans and the viability and cost of a comprehensive solution. Impaq International...

This is a $182,445 firm fixed-price delivery order awarded by the Department of Labor (DOL) to the Urban Institute, a nonprofit research organization. The contract is to conduct economic analysis on growing wage inequality, minimum wage legislation, and the future distribution of retirement income. This delivery order is part of a larger DOL Pension Plan Studies indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract vehicle. The contract does not have a set-aside designation. As a leading...