Grants Management Support Services

The Department of Education Office of the Chief Financial Officer established this Master BPA on September 18, 2020, with a shared ceiling of $500 million and a final ordering deadline of September 17, 2025—now closed. The vehicle supports grants management, technical assistance, peer review logistics, and compliance monitoring across the department's discretionary grant programs.

Ordering has decelerated since peak activity in 2021–2022. The vehicle awarded 95 task orders over its five-year span: seven in 2020, 28 in 2021, 25 in 2022, 20 in 2023, and 15 in 2024. The combined potential value of all task orders stands at $252.6 million, with $176.5 million obligated (70% of combined potential). The most recent task order was awarded September 30, 2024, approximately 21 months ago.

Scope centers on operational support for Education Department grant competitions and program administration: logistical and administrative support for peer review processes, technical assistance to grantees, data collection and analysis, competition logistics, and grant compliance monitoring. Recent orders support specific initiatives including the National Charter School Resource Center, dual-enrollment adult education, homeless education technical assistance, career and technical education state leadership, and longitudinal data systems.

Competition is spread across 17 distinct primes but concentrated among a handful of larger players. The Manhattan Strategy Group LLC, Applied Enterprise Management Corporation, and Mathematica Inc. together hold 58% of combined potential value ($96.5 million) despite winning only 12 orders among them. Lux Consulting Group, FM Talent Source, and Anlar hold 44 orders but only $29.3 million combined potential value, indicating smaller average order sizes. Small business holds roughly 40% of task orders (38 awards) while unrestricted competition accounts for 51% (48 awards).

Funding concentrates heavily in the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, which placed 33 orders representing $109.1 million of combined potential value—43% of vehicle activity. The Institute of Education Sciences (18 orders, $66.2 million), Office of Postsecondary Education (19 orders, $6.2 million), Office of Career Technical and Adult Education (12 orders, $20 million), and Office of Planning Evaluation and Policy Development (8 orders, $48.7 million) account for the remainder across eight customer agencies total.

Typical task-order values range from under $50,000 to roughly $5 million, with multi-year performance periods common. Notable larger awards include a $28.8 million ceiling for Charter Schools Program support (obligated $10.4 million), a $24.4 million potential value for longitudinal data system technical assistance (obligated $12.2 million), and a $19.9 million data collection contract for the Disability Information Fulfillment program. All task orders carry firm fixed-price structures.

Department of Education Grants Management Support Services,