Blanket Purchase Agreement 91990021A0007

The Institute of Education Sciences (IES), a civilian component of the U.S. Department of Education, awarded a multiple-award Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) to R G Research Group, Inc., doing business as Instructional Research Group, with a ceiling value of $26,000,000 and a performance period through August 31, 2026. The BPA was solicited on May 21, 2021, with a due date of June 28, 2021, and was awarded on September 10, 2021, with no set-aside restrictions applied. The contract supports the development of What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) practice guides under the National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance (NCEE). Instructional Research Group, a for-profit educational research institute specializing in program evaluation and education-related initiatives, has demonstrated expertise in STEM education, literacy, special education, and learning acceleration strategies. The company has a longstanding relationship with IES, providing services including convening panels of education practitioners and national experts to develop and update evidence-based practice guides.

Under this BPA vehicle, task orders are issued to support specific research and evidence synthesis activities. One documented task order award—a firm fixed price BPA call valued at $2,048,017 with a completion date of May 31, 2027—was issued on June 1, 2024, for What Works Clearinghouse Preschool-to-Postsecondary Evidence Synthesis Task Order 06, which focuses on supporting young children with disabilities or developmental delays. This task order is performed in Washington, DC. The underlying BPA structure enables IES to efficiently procure research evaluation, evidence synthesis, and technical assistance services across multiple topic areas and grade levels while maintaining the flexibility to issue task orders based on agency priorities and available funding within the established ceiling value.