Purchase Order HE125420P3010

The Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) awarded a Purchase Order contract to Mackin Book Company, a woman-owned small business based in Burnsville, Minnesota, for the provision of specialty databases supporting grades 6-12 STEM, social studies, and geography instruction. The contract, awarded on September 25, 2020, carries a ceiling value of $2.8 million with an ultimate completion date of March 24, 2026. This firm fixed-price contract was awarded without a small business set-aside designation and will be performed at Mackin's Burnsville headquarters. The contract responds to DoDEA's requirement to license subject-specific standalone databases for approximately 27,500 middle and high school students and staff across its global network of military-connected schools, with licensing to span from September 2020 through September 2025 and include maintenance, technical support, training, and professional development services.

Mackin Book Company serves as the prime contractor with no identified subcontractors, leveraging its established expertise as a comprehensive educational materials supplier to the federal government. The company's experience delivering books, eBooks, audiobooks, textbooks, and multimedia resources to DoDEA schools worldwide, combined with its demonstrated capability to manage large-scale procurement operations across multiple delivery formats, positioned it as the selected vendor. This contract award aligns with DoDEA's broader mission to ensure educational continuity for military-dependent students by providing consistent access to current instructional resources, and complements Mackin's existing IDIQ contract vehicle with DoDEA valued at approximately $21.7 million.