The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Federal Student Aid (FSA) awarded a $16 billion Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract titled the Unified Servicing and Data Solution (USDS) to Maximus Education LLC, a for-profit limited liability company. The USDS IDIQ contract, awarded on April 25, 2023 with an ultimate completion date of April 24, 2033, enables FSA to acquire comprehensive student loan servicing capabilities, including operations and maintenance, system...
The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Federal Student Aid (FSA) awarded a $16 billion Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract vehicle called the Unified Servicing and Data Solution (USDS) to Nelnet Servicing LLC and other contractors. The USDS contract aims to consolidate federal student aid recipients under a single data processing system and modernize legacy student loan servicing operations. Under this IDIQ contract, Nelnet Servicing LLC has been awarded several...
The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Federal Student Aid (FSA) has awarded Edfinancial Services LLC, a for-profit limited liability company, an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract titled the Unified Servicing and Data Solution (USDS). This $16 billion multiple-award IDIQ contract provides a full range of student aid services, including loan servicing, contact center support, and back-office processing. Under this IDIQ, Edfinancial has been awarded several task...
The Department of Education awarded Insight Policy Research, Inc. a multiple-award blanket purchase agreement under the Grants Management Support Services vehicle to procure analytical and advisory services. Task orders issued to date include $2.7M for Administrative Data Division Website Support from 2022-2027, $10.8M to provide Promise Neighborhoods technical assistance and training from 2021-2025, and $215,199 to identify trends in adult education, career technical education, and community...
The U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education, has awarded a $50 million multiple-award Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) to provide data collection, analysis, information technology, and cybersecurity support services. Under this BPA, the agency has issued several task orders to Tactile Design Group LLC, doing business as The Tactile Group, a minority-owned small disadvantaged business. Specifically, Tactile Design Group has been awarded task orders totaling over $8.7...
The Department of Education's Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development awarded an indefinite delivery contract to National Student Clearinghouse to provide supplementary postsecondary student data. The single award IDV has a potential value of $601,690 over its September 2023 to September 2026 period of performance. A $149,250 firm fixed price task order was also awarded to National Student Clearinghouse to secure supplementary data relating to postsecondary students in support of...
The key products and services being delivered under this federal contract IDV are IT systems development, data management, civil rights data collection, education program support, software engineering, business intelligence, and technical assistance. The prime contractor, Applied Enterprise Management Corporation (AEM), a woman-owned business, has been awarded multiple task orders and Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPAs) under the General Services Administration's (GSA) Information Technology...
The Department of Education's Office of Federal Student Aid (FSA) awarded a $6,000,000 Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) to CFI Group USA LLC, a for-profit limited liability company based in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The BPA, which utilizes the General Services Administration's Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) contract vehicle, requires CFI Group to provide customer experience surveying services to gather feedback from federal student aid applicants through various mobile channels. The survey results...
The Indefinite Delivery Contract (IDC) with award ID 91003120D0005 is a $1.7 billion multiple award NextGen Enhanced Processing Solution IDIQ issued by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Federal Student Aid (FSA), a civilian agency. This IDC provides contact center support and back-office processing services across the full student loan lifecycle. The IDC has resulted in multiple task orders awarded to the prime contractor, Maximus Federal Services, Inc., a subsidiary of Maximus Inc....
The Department of Education's Office of Federal Student Aid awarded an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity multiple award contract under the NextGen Enhanced Processing Solution master contract to Trellis Company with a potential value of $1.5 million. Task Order 0001 provided $1.5 million in funding to support implementation of the NextGen initiative across all five contractors. Performance will take place in Round Rock, Texas over one year concluding in November 2021. The original...