Purchase Order SBAHQ12M0184

This is a firm-fixed-price purchase order awarded by the Office of Advocacy, a civilian federal agency, to Insight Policy Research, Inc. (Westat Insight Division), a certified woman-owned small business. The contract is for a one-year research study on barriers to veteran entrepreneurship, with a ceiling value of $98,914. This award was made under a total small business set-aside, as part of the agency's research and program evaluation efforts. Insight Policy Research has experience supporting...

This firm-fixed-price purchase order for $53,250.00 was awarded by the U.S. Small Business Administration's Office of Advocacy to Premier Quantitative Consulting, Inc., a woman-owned small business. The contract, which has a period of performance through September 27, 2023, is for research on small business owner demographics. This effort was originally solicited as a total small business set-aside, with a NAICS code of 541720 for Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities....

This is a $1,000,000.00 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) award from the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences (IES) to Nimble Hiring, PBC, a woman-owned small business. The award is part of the 2024 ED/IES SBIR Direct to Phase II program, which provides funding to small businesses to develop new, commercially viable education technology and special education technology products. The award supports 2 years of research, development, and evaluation of proposed...

This $100,000.00 firm fixed-price purchase order was awarded by the Office of Advocacy, a civilian agency within the U.S. government, to Next Wave Impact LLC, a small disadvantaged woman-owned business. The contract is for the production of an empirical, data-intensive research report on an economic issue relevant to small businesses, evaluating current small business trends, characteristics, or impacts, and assessing the policy implications. This award is associated with a total small...

This is a federal delivery order awarded by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) to Social Dynamics, LLC, a for-profit limited liability company. The contract has a Firm Fixed Price (FFP) pricing type and a ceiling value of $278,132.67. It was awarded on August 20, 2015 with an ultimate completion date of April 28, 2017. The contract is for "EMPLOYMENT FIRST EVALUATION" services and is a partial small business set-aside. The contract is a...

This is a $82,000.00 firm fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by the U.S. Small Business Administration's Office of Advocacy to Krahenbuhl Global Consulting LLC, a small business limited liability company, to conduct research on small business topics using economic data. The contract is a set-aside for small businesses under NAICS code 541720 (Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities). The research will involve producing an empirical, data-intensive report...

The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded a $497,215 firm fixed price definitive contract to MEF Associates, LLC. The contract is for the Understanding Financial Literacy Interventions in Employment-Related Contexts for Low-Income Individuals Study, which will develop a better understanding of financial literacy interventions within employment programs through qualitative data collection, analysis, and reporting to further the initial literature...

This is a $1,543,240.46 Delivery Order contract awarded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE) to ABT Global LLC, a subsidiary of ABT Associates Inc. The contract is for a study on "Employment Processes as Barriers to Employment in the Lower-Wage Labor Market" and does not have a set-aside designation. The University of Chicago is the major subcontractor. ABT...

This is a federal contract award to Insight Policy Research, Inc. (Westat Insight Division) for $131,069.28 to provide program evaluation services for the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Office of Entrepreneurial Development. The contract is a delivery order under the General Services Administration (GSA) Professional Services Schedule (PSS), a multiple award contract vehicle. The work involves services such as quantitative and qualitative research, data collection and analysis, program...

This is a $2,956,659.06 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract awarded by the Social Security Administration (SSA) to Westat, Inc., a professional services firm based in Rockville, Maryland. The purpose of the contract is to conduct an Exits from Disability Evidence Study, which aims to collect data on the service, medical, and employment needs of working-age adults (18-64 years old) exiting SSA disability programs due to medical improvement. The study seeks to identify potential interventions and...