Indefinite Delivery Contract 91990023D0039

The Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences awarded an indefinite delivery contract to Optimal Solutions Group, L.L.C. to support the Procurement of Research Evaluation and Statistics Task Orders (PRESTO) multiple-award contract vehicle. Valued at up to $2 billion, the ten-year contract aims to replace the incumbent Education Statistics Service Institute Network contract and expand IES's research, evaluation, and statistics requirements across the Department of Education. Task orders will be awarded under five primary scope categories including education sciences support activities, assessment development support, communications and outreach, recruitment, and operational support. Vendors must be approved in the corresponding category to bid on task order work. The original solicitation sought market research responses from capable vendors describing their experience within the scope categories to support IES's mission as the independent education research, evaluation, and statistics arm of the Department of Education.

The contract provides for the issuance of task orders over ten years to support a variety of IES functions. Task orders will be awarded under five scope categories, and vendors must qualify in the relevant category to bid. The incumbent contract supported similar work for IES. This follow-on aims to meet expanded requirements and make support accessible across the Department of Education.