Department of Education Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase IA 2025: Solicitation
Closed Solicitation Posted
- Solicitation number
- 91990025R0002
- Agency
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Contracts and Acquisition Management
Department of Education
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- Total Small Business
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 541720 Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities
- PSC
- AF11 Education, Training, Employment, & Social Svcs R&D Svcs; Education Svcs R&D; Basic Research
- Place of performance
- Washington, District of Columbia 20202, United States
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences is procuring research and development services through its Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase IA program for fiscal year 2025. The solicitation seeks proposals from eligible small businesses to develop prototypes of novel education technology products for use by learners, educators, or administrators where no or limited previous development has occurred. Key requirements include that at least 66.67% of work must be performed by the prime contractor, all work must be conducted by U.S. citizens or green card holders within the United States, and subcontractors are limited to 33.3% of the total budget. Evaluation criteria focus on the technical merit of the proposed prototype development, commercialization potential, and the capability of the small business to execute the project. The original proposal submission deadline was January 8, 2025 at 11:00 AM ET, with awards anticipated to start on April 15, 2025.
This opportunity is set aside for small businesses under the Total Small Business designation, with contracts classified under NAICS code 541720 for Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities. Seven companies have been awarded contracts through this solicitation, including Abacus Mind Math Tutors, MyCited LLC, Algae Research and Supply, Curiosity AI LLC, Inspiration Dance Company, Future Engineers LLC, and iTherapy LLC. Each awarded contract has a firm-fixed-price value of $250,000 with an 8-month period of performance, representing a total program value of $1.75 million across all awards. The awardees span diverse geographic locations from Atlanta, Georgia to New York, New York, with work to be performed at their respective business locations. Successful Phase IA awardees will be eligible to submit proposals in 2026 for $1,000,000 Phase II awards to further develop their products and prepare for commercialization.
Notice text
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Update #2 · Latest ·
Please see attached Solicitation notice - 91990025R0002
Award Notification:
This document notifies all eligible 2025 SBIR Phase IA offerors of an award of the following contracts, from the solicitation #91990025R0002. The period of performance for the contracts is 8 months.
The apparent awardees will be made to the following 7 offerors:
Abacus Mind Math Tutors, Inc.
2300 Camp Creek Pkwy, Suite 120 #45
Atlanta, GA 30337
Contract number: 91990025C0083
Firm-Fixed Price: $250,000
MyCited LLC
454 Walhalla Rd.
Columbus, OH 43202
Contract number: 91990025C0084
Firm-Fixed Price: $250,000
Algae Research and Supply, Inc.
1405 Buena Vista Way
Carlsbad, CA 92008
Contract number: 91990025C0094
Firm-Fixed Price: $250,000
Curiosity AI LLC
10 West End Ave, Apt 9C
New York, NY 10023
Contract number: 91990025C0085
Firm-Fixed Price: $250,000
Inspiration Dance Company, LLC
15880 Airlie Road
Monmouth, OR 97361
Contract number: 91990025C0108
Firm-Fixed Price: $250,000
Future Engineers LLC
177 E Colorado Blvd Ste 200
Pasadena, CA 91105
Contract number: 91990025C0086
Firm-Fixed Price: $250,000
iTherapy LLC
955 Walnut Ave.
Vallejo, CA 94592
Contract number: 91990025C0087
Firm-Fixed Price: $250,000
Update #1 ·
Please see attached Solicitation notice - 91990025R0002
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| Award Notification - 2025 SBIR Phase IA.docx | DOCX document | |
| 91990025R0002.ResponsestoQuestions.docx | DOCX document | |
| 91990025R0002 SBIR PhaseIA.Final.docx | DOCX document | |
| 91990025R0002 SBIR PhaseIA.Final.pdf |
Notice history
| Notice | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| This notice | Solicitation | |
| Department of Education Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase IA 2025: Pre-Solicitation | Pre-Solicitation |
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