The Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service (USDA-ERS) awarded a single-award, firm fixed price indefinite delivery contract to The Coleridge Initiative Inc., a non-profit organization, for $799,801.08 in secure data enclave services. This four-year task order, which runs through September 2029, is not a set-aside contract. The Coleridge Initiative has also received several other federal awards, including a $2.7 million prime contract with the National Science Foundation for data analytics training and secure data access, as well as grants from the National Science Foundation, the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service, and the Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration.
The USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS) is conducting market research to determine if there are adequate small business contractors available to provide secure data enclave services under NAICS code 518210. The contractor will be required to operate a FedRAMP-authorized enclave that provides scalable computing, storage, and software resources to support USDA researchers and licensed datasets. This is a non-set-aside opportunity with a $40 million size standard, and the government will use the responses to determine whether to limit competition to small business concerns or proceed with an unrestricted solicitation.
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