DOE A123 Support Services

The Department of Education Office of Federal Student Aid established this Master IDIQ for professional consulting services supporting OMB Circular A-123 compliance and related federal student aid operations on September 15, 2014, with ordering authority that closed on September 13, 2019. This vehicle is no longer active for new task orders and closed over six years ago.

The vehicle contracted nine task orders over its operational lifetime, with ordering momentum concentrated in the first two years: two orders in 2015, followed by one per year through 2019. Combined potential value stands at $11.7 million, with $11.3 million (97 percent) already obligated across completed and closed efforts. All nine task orders carried firm fixed-price pricing with no set-aside designations.

Scope centered on A-123A internal control assessments and A-123C improper payment assessments for Federal Student Aid operations. Recent orders included auditing of FSA's internal control environment and acquisitions functions, fraud referral program development to prevent improper student aid payments, and transition services as the customer shifted between A-123 compliance providers. One order addressed auditing services under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act.

Competition concentrated heavily among three primes. Guidehouse LLP earned four orders representing $8.4 million in combined potential value (72 percent of total), while Deloitte & Touche LLP captured four orders worth $3.2 million (27 percent). Ernst & Young LLP received a single order for $85 thousand. Funding came almost entirely from the Office of Federal Student Aid itself, which placed eight orders valued at $10.5 million, with the Institute of Education Sciences funding one order for $1.1 million. Individual task-order ceilings ranged from $17.8 thousand to $3.3 million, with most falling between $1.1 million and $2.6 million for multi-year efforts.

This vehicle is closed to new business and represents historical activity only.

The Department of Education has awarded a Master IDIQ for general professional consulting services including A123 and related support services.