Experimental Design And Advanced Research Projects Accelerator (EDARPA)
Ended Master BPA Awarded
- Federal agency
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Office of Career Technical and Adult Education
+ 1 more agency
- Awardees
- 2
- Task orders
- 10
- Obligated
- $62,778,064
Vehicle facts
- Opportunity
-
- 91990021Q0026 Solicitation number
- Agencies
-
- Office of Career Technical and Adult Education Department of Education
- Contracts and Acquisition Management Department of Education
- Combined task order value
-
- $62,891,463 Current, with exercised options
- $64,636,401 Potential, with all options
- Last date to order 100% complete
- Shared ceiling
- $50,000,000.00 Less than its task orders have obligated
IDV award and task order details come from SAM.gov/FPDS.
About this vehicle
The Department of Education Office of Career Technical and Adult Education established this Master BPA on September 23, 2021, with a shared ceiling of $50 million and ordering authority expiring September 22, 2026—approximately two months of ordering window remaining. The vehicle is highly mature: $42.7 million of its $44.6 million combined task-order potential value has already been obligated (96%), and only one task order was issued in each of the past two calendar years (2024 and 2025), down from four in the award year and three in 2022.
The vehicle funds career and technical education (CTE) innovation challenges. Awarded task orders design and execute open innovation prize competitions targeting specific CTE outcomes: career pathways, semiconductor industry workforce development, work-based learning, cybersecurity teaching capacity, middle-grades program expansion, and adult basic education app development. All orders carry firm fixed-price pricing.
Competition is severely concentrated. Two primes capture all nine task orders: Kaptivate LLC holds four orders totaling $27.2 million in potential value (61% of the portfolio), and Luminary Labs LLC holds five orders totaling $17.4 million (39%). Customer concentration is similarly tight: the awarding office (Office of Career Technical and Adult Education) funds eight of nine orders ($39.8 million), with the Institute of Education Sciences funding a single order ($4.8 million).
Set-aside activity is sparse. Only two orders (22% of the portfolio) carry small-business designations; three orders (33%) use no set-aside. The remainder of the set-aside mix is not detailed in the source, and no task orders identify 8(a), WOSB, HUBZone, or other specific small-business categories by contract number.
Task-order values span from $63.6 thousand for project management infrastructure support to $17.1 million for the most recent Career and Technical Education Connecting Talent to Opportunity Challenge (awarded September 25, 2025, obligated through September 24, 2028). Orders are structured as firm fixed-price calls with typical durations of one to three years from award to ultimate completion. Given the two-month ordering window, very limited recent issuance velocity, and near-full obligated value, substantive new task-order opportunities under this vehicle are unlikely.
IDV awards
| Awardee | IDV award | Awarded |
|---|---|---|
| Luminary Labs LLC | GS07F015AA-91990021A0018 | |
| Kaptivate LLC | 47QRAA19D00AE-91990021A0017 |
Latest task orders
Top awardees by obligations
| Rank | Awardee | Obligated | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kaptivate LLC | $46,900,299 | 75% |
| 2 | Luminary Labs LLC | $15,877,765 | 25% |
Top funding agencies by obligations
| Rank | Funding agency | Obligated | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Department of Education | $62,778,064 | 100% |
Obligations by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Obligated |
|---|---|
| FY2026 | $20,029,424 |
| FY2025 | $17,107,814 |
| FY2024 | $4,119,471 |
| FY2023 | $938,983 |
| FY2022 | $14,503,300 |
| FY2021 | $6,079,072 |
Quick answers
What is the EDARPA contract vehicle?
Experimental Design And Advanced Research Projects Accelerator (EDARPA) is a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) vehicle run by Office of Career Technical and Adult Education (Department of Education) and Contracts and Acquisition Management (Department of Education), awarded on September 23, 2021.
Which companies hold EDARPA?
2 companies hold EDARPA's IDV awards, one each. The latest went to Luminary Labs LLC on September 23, 2021. The awardees whose task orders obligated the most are Kaptivate LLC and Luminary Labs LLC.
How much has been spent through EDARPA?
10 task orders have been placed under EDARPA, obligating $62,778,064. Their combined current value, with exercised options, is $62,891,463.
What is the shared ceiling of EDARPA?
The shared ceiling listed for EDARPA, $50,000,000, is less than its task orders have obligated.
Which agencies use EDARPA the most?
The departments whose task orders under EDARPA obligated the most are Department of Education ($62,778,064).
How much was obligated through EDARPA in fiscal year 2025?
Task orders under EDARPA obligated $17,107,814 in fiscal year 2025.
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