Blanket Purchase Agreement GS23F0231N-12319822A0004
- This Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) was awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) to the Urban Institute, a nonprofit research organization, to provide programmatic and technical expertise to support the agency's evaluation of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) and assess current and emerging policy issues affecting that program. The BPA, valued at up to $6.5 million, allows FNS to issue task orders for...
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service (USDA FNS) awarded a $550,000 Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) to MEF Associates, LLC, a for-profit limited liability company, to provide a landscape analysis of the WIC (Women, Infants, and Children) program. This single-award BPA was set aside for total small businesses and has a period of performance from September 14, 2023, through September 14, 2028. Under this BPA, USDA FNS issued a $260,800 firm fixed price call order...
- This Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) was awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) to Itcon Services LLC, a minority-owned small disadvantaged business. The $45 million multiple-award BPA covers sustainment operations and support for various FNS public-facing websites, grants management systems, and nutrition program databases, including the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). Under this BPA, Itcon Services...
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) has awarded a Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) to Westat, Inc., a professional services firm, for the 2024 and 2026 Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Participant and Program Characteristics (WIC PC) studies. The contract has a total ceiling value of $8,000,000 and consists of two firm fixed-price task orders. Order 001, valued at $2,246,655, is for the 2024 WIC PC study, which...
- The awarded Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) contract, valued at up to $6,500,000, is held by Mathematica Inc. and was issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) under the agency's Professional Services Schedule. The BPA aims to provide FNS with programmatic and technical expertise to support the evaluation of the Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) and assessment of related policy issues. Task orders issued under the BPA...
- This Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) was awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) to JMH Education Marketing Inc. (DBA Carrotnewyork), a woman-owned small business. The contract, valued at up to $400,000, is to provide technical support services to develop, design, and remediate FNS Team Nutrition materials. The BPA was established under the General Services Administration's Professional Services Schedule (PSS), and a $33,698.16 task order was issued...
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) has awarded a Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) contract to Insight Policy Research, Inc. (Westat Insight Division) to provide special nutrition program quick response surveys (QRS). The $3,000,000 single-award BPA covers a variety of analytical and advisory services through September 2024, including quantitative and qualitative research, data collection and analysis, program evaluation, and technical assistance for...
- This is a Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service to Westat, Inc., a professional services firm based in Rockville, Maryland. The BPA is part of the "WIC Infant and Toddler Feeding Practices Study-2" (WIC ITFPS-2) major program and does not have a set-aside designation. Under this BPA, Westat has been issued multiple firm-fixed-price task orders to conduct research, data collection, and analysis in support of the WIC...
- This is a Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) to Mathematica Inc., a large research and data analytics consultancy. The $5.5 million BPA will support the Women, Infant and Children (WIC) Certification and Improper Payment Study over a period ending in September 2029. The initial $514,934.49 BPA call order focuses on conducting research and analysis for the WIC Certification and Improper Payment Study. As a...
- The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded a blanket purchase agreement to Lista Design Studio, Inc. for content development, design, updating, and 508-remediation of publications. Under this agreement and subsequent calls, Lista will provide services such as translating nutrition education materials into multiple languages, designing publications and presentations, and ensuring Section 508 compliance of manuals and guidance documents. Key task orders include translating...
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The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded a Blanket Purchase Agreement to Porter Novelli Public Services Inc. to provide technical professional services in support of the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children. Under the BPA, five firm fixed price call orders were issued totaling $49 million to develop and launch a national public health outreach campaign. Services include strategic planning, website development, and digital and traditional outreach activities to educate program participants and increase awareness of WIC benefits. Work will be performed in Washington D.C. and Alexandria, Virginia through May 2026. The purpose of the BPA and associated call orders is to support the Food and Nutrition Service's administration of the WIC program. WIC provides grants to states for supplemental foods, health care referrals, and nutrition education for low-income pregnant, breastfeeding, and non-breastfeeding postpartum women, and to infants and children up to age five who are found to be at nutritional risk. The contracted outreach and educational services aim to increase participation in and utilization of the program's resources nationwide.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P00002 | Other Administrative Action | $0 | 10/30/23 | |
| P00001 | Supplemental Agreement for work within scope | $0 | 4/5/23 | |
| Not listed | Not listed | $0 | 9/16/22 |
Name | Description | Awardee | Potential Value | AwardDate | CompletionDate | Updated At |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BPA Call 12319822A0004-12319823F0026 | Porter Novelli Public Services Inc. | $11.7m | 5/6/23 | 3/14/25 | 3/12/25 | |
BPA Call 12319822A0004-12314423F0248 | Porter Novelli Public Services Inc. | $4.0m | 5/5/23 | 5/5/26 | 12/4/24 | |
BPA Call 12319822A0004-12319822F0052 | Porter Novelli Public Services Inc. | $1.5m | 9/22/22 | 3/21/24 | 9/7/23 | |
BPA Call 12319822A0004-12319823F0024 | Porter Novelli Public Services Inc. | $3.4m | 5/5/23 | 8/4/25 | 11/22/24 |