Indefinite Delivery Contract EDIES12D0005

The Education Statistics Support Institute Network (ESSIN) is a multiple-award, indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract vehicle established by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) within the U.S. Department of Education to provide specialized statistical support services exclusively to the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). Awarded on December 15, 2011, with an ultimate completion date of December 31, 2021, this civilian contract was issued with no small business set-aside. The contract operates under the broader National Cooperative Education Statistics Systems (NCESS) framework and consolidates support previously provided through separate Education Statistics Services Institute (ESSI) and National Education Statistics Services Institute (NESSI) contracts. The ESSIN vehicle enables NCES to fulfill its federal statistical agency mission of collecting, analyzing, and reporting objective, secular, and policy-relevant education information and statistics through large-scale surveys, assessments, and other data collection modes.

Under the ESSIN contract vehicle, Westat, Inc.—a Rockville, Maryland-based research and professional services firm—was awarded a delivery order valued at approximately $12.0 million with a completion date of November 30, 2022. This fixed-price, level-of-effort delivery order covers fielding, analysis, reporting, and training support for four recurring education surveys: the Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), collected every four years; the Teacher Follow-up Survey (TFS); the Principal Follow-up Survey (PFS); and the Beginning Teacher Longitudinal Study (BTLS), conducted annually. The contract requires Westat to manage data collection coordination with the U.S. Census Bureau, plan and release data files, produce special analyses and reports for policymakers, provide training on survey data analysis, and serve as subject matter expertise on emerging topics including teacher quality, school staffing, teacher working conditions, school climate, and teacher and principal attrition and mobility. Performance occurred in Potomac, Maryland.