The Experimental Design And Advanced Research Projects Accelerator (EDARPA) is a $50 million multi-award Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) administered by the U.S. Department of Education. The vehicle focuses on innovative challenges, professional development, and technology-driven initiatives within Career and Technical Education (CTE), adult learning, and educational technology domains. Task orders under this vehicle are typically designed to accelerate educational innovation through open competition, prize challenges, and strategic capacity-building programs across various educational sectors.
The BPA has primarily awarded task orders to two prime contractors: Luminary Labs LLC (a woman-owned small business) and Kaptivate LLC (a minority-owned small disadvantaged business). Call orders range in value from approximately $377,000 to $6.3 million, with performance periods typically spanning 1-3 years. The task orders consistently target specific educational improvement objectives, such as developing cybersecurity education programs, creating accessible learning technologies for adult learners, mitigating achievement gaps for students with disabilities, and launching open innovation prize competitions. While most task orders have been awarded with no specific set-aside, some have been designated for total small business participation. The Department of Education's Office of Career Technical and Adult Education (OCTAE) and the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) have been the primary funding agencies for these innovative educational initiatives.
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