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Research Triangle Institute (RTI International), headquartered in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, was awarded a BPA Call valued at $2.34 million on September 27, 2023, to provide technical support for internal and external analyses, reports, and digital products pertaining to education across preschool through grade 12, postsecondary, and adult and career education. The contract, which operates under a time-and-materials pricing structure with an ultimate completion date of April 30,...

The U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences (IES) awarded a $3,865,703.40 cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order contract to Mdrc, a nonprofit research organization, to conduct the "Evaluating Programs and Strategies to Accelerate School Improvement" study. This national study aims to determine how digital math products can effectively complement core teacher-led instruction to accelerate math learning. Mdrc is the prime contractor and has subcontracted with...

The University of Rochester received a firm fixed price purchase order contract from the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), part of the Office of Logistics and Acquisition Operations at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to conduct a longitudinal study on the predictive value of blood-based brain biomarkers for concussion recovery. The $124,444.41 contract has a period of performance through July 17, 2024. The study will take place in Monroe County, New York and analyze samples...

This is a definitive contract awarded by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to Northwestern University, a private research university, for a study on the influence of brand principle display panels (PDPs) on the safe consumer use of over-the-counter (OTC) drugs. The $286,937 firm fixed-price contract has a performance period ending on December 31, 2018. The study involves conducting mixed-methods research to understand how brand image, familiarity, and display panel labeling impact...

This is a five-year, $42.6 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract awarded by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) within the U.S. Department of Education to Research Triangle Institute (RTI International) to conduct the 2019-20 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS 2020). The NPSAS studies are required by the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008 to describe how students and their families finance postsecondary education and students' persistence, attainment, and workforce...

The Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism awarded a $70,000 firm fixed price purchase order to the University of Bristol, doing business as Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children, for consultation and project management services. The award is to support two projects analyzing genetic variants impacting neurodevelopmental outcomes using the unique dataset from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and...

The Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration awarded a $38,431.20 firm-fixed-price purchase order to Studylog Systems, Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business, for a perpetual license of the Studylog software package. The contract includes 5 years of annual support, maintenance, installation, configuration, and training. The software will automate the planning, oversight, and conduct of complex animal studies for the VA's Birmingham Health Care System. This...

The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Veterans Integrated Service Network 10 awarded a firm fixed price purchase order valued at one hundred five thousand thirteen dollars and seventy-five cents ($105,013.75) to Case Western Reserve University Office Of Research Administration Division for a clinical study to determine the relative effectiveness of two therapies in facilitating recovery of arm and hand function after stroke. The study will also utilize functional...

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 firm fixed-price contract awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service to Mathematica Inc., a for-profit, woman-owned research and data analytics consultancy. The $601,274.61 contract is for developing a study plan, data collection instruments, recruitment materials, and preparing systems for the SUN 2026 study. The contract has no set-aside designation and is being issued as a Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) call under Mathematica's existing Multiple...