Purchase Order N0017316P0260

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,...

American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences (AIR) was awarded a $14.36M cost-plus-fixed-fee definitive contract by the Institute of Education Sciences on May 18, 2018, to examine the implementation of the Striving Readers Comprehensive Literacy (SRCL) Program and assess the feasibility of an impact evaluation for the Comprehensive Literacy State Development (CLD) Program, with an option to conduct the impact evaluation in the first option period if deemed feasible. The...

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...

Research Triangle Institute (RTI International) received a $24.4 million definitive contract from the Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences to conduct the 2023-24 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:24) and related postsecondary longitudinal studies through February 2027. This cost-plus-fixed-fee contract, awarded without a set-aside designation, supports the collection and analysis of comprehensive data on postsecondary education costs and how students and...

This is a $16,464,404.00 federal contract awarded by the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences (IES) to Mathematica Inc., a for-profit, woman-owned research and data analytics consultancy. The contract is for a study to assess the effectiveness of adult education programs and strategies, with options for up to two impact studies and support for a report to Congress. The contract does not have a set-aside designation. Mathematica will serve as the prime contractor, with...

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 contract award, with an ID of EDPEP16A0003|91990019F0334, was issued by the Institute of Education Sciences, a civilian agency, to the prime contractor ABT Global LLC, a subsidiary of the research and consulting firm ABT Associates Inc. The purpose of this $1,926,885.99 firm fixed-price contract is to describe the early implementation of the Student Support and Academic Enrichment (SSAE) grants, a new state-administered program intended to improve student achievement by increasing access to...

The Department of Education Institute of Education Sciences awarded American Institutes For Research In The Behavioral Sciences a $1,868,573.41 firm fixed price definitive contract to provide SUPPORT FOR LONGITUDINAL STUDIES from June 1, 2022 through November 30, 2023. American Institutes For Research In The Behavioral Sciences will utilize Macrosys LLC - doing business as Mcro SYS Rsarch And TECH as a subcontractor to assist with reviewing seven drafts of restricted-use data files from the High...

The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) has been awarded a $550 million delivery order under the Power Projection 3 task order vehicle from the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (OUSD(R&E)). The contract, structured as a cost-plus-fixed-fee arrangement with an ultimate completion date of June 29, 2027, will establish and maintain essential research and engineering expertise to support the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense...