The education statistics support institute network (essin) formed under this contract will conduct work solely for nces. No group other than nces will award task orders under this contract. To meet…

The National Cooperative Education Statistics Systems (NCESS) is a multiple-award, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract vehicle established by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) within the Department of Education to consolidate specialized statistical support previously provided through separate contracts. Awarded December 15, 2011, with an ultimate completion date of December 31, 2021, the NCESS contract replaced the Education Statistics Services Institute (ESSI) and NAEP Education Statistics Services Institute (NESSI) contracts to provide a comprehensive framework for delivering statistical expertise to the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). The contract encompasses a partial small business set-aside structure with work distributed through fixed-price and cost-reimbursement task orders. Under this vehicle, the government anticipated issuing approximately 25 task orders annually, with up to 16 awarded to selected NCESS contractors and the remaining competed among the contractor pool. The contract includes both large and small businesses organized into two groups, enabling competitive bidding on variable scope tasks.

Sanametrix Inc., a minority-owned small disadvantaged business headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, received multiple delivery orders under the NCESS contract totaling approximately $50.4 million across ten task orders with completion dates through May 2022. Task order work encompasses a broad range of education statistics support services including data collection system development and maintenance, survey measure development for the National Household Education Surveys Program (NHES), Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) support services, Common Core of Data (CCD) website and database management, secondary longitudinal studies analysis, website development and maintenance for Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems (SLDS) and Common Education Data Standards (CEDS) initiatives, and National Center for Education Statistics technology support. Work is performed primarily at locations in Washington, DC and Rosslyn, Virginia, with performance work statements defining specific deliverables, methodological research, statistical product preparation, training programs, and technical compliance requirements including Section 508 accessibility standards for all web-based products.

The education statistics support institute network (essin) formed under this contract will conduct work solely for nces. No group other than nces will award task orders under this contract. To meet its responsibilities efficiently, nces contracts for specialized statistical support. Currently, support is provided through two contracts establishing the education statistics services institute (essi) and the naep education statistics services institute (nessi). The essi and nessi contracts end december 31, 2011, and IT is the intention of nces to replace the statistical support contracts with the essin. The essin will be established under this solicitation as a multiple award, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity task order contract with all work being issued through fixed price or cost reimbursement task orders. The essin will be comprised of large and small businesses that fall under two groups, group a and group b. Approximately 25 task orders will be issued annually. At this time, nces plans on awarding up to 16 task orders to the selected contractors that form the essin. The remaining ten tasks orders will be competed among the essin fall 2011. Essin contractors will be able to bid competitively for task orders on support tasks, varying in nature and scope, to provide a range of assistance and expert advice to support nces s national and international data collections and assessments, analyses, methodological research, statistical product preparation, and training programs. The task order work to be performed by the essin contractors will be defined in a performance work statement which will describe the work to be performed, deliverables, and schedules. The essin will enable nces to continue its effort to respond to the government-wide requirements for greater accountability in contract management effectively and efficiently.