Department of Education Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase IB 2025: Solicitation
Closed Solicitation Posted
- Solicitation number
- 91990025R0003
- 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 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program is procuring the development of prototypes for new components to be integrated with existing education technology prototypes or products through its Phase IB solicitation. Small businesses must demonstrate that their existing education technology prototype or product is research-based and that the proposed new component represents a distinct technical approach from the existing product. The procurement requires conducting a pilot study to test the usability and feasibility of the new component over a 9-month period of performance. Proposals were evaluated based on technical merit, commercial potential, and the ability to demonstrate integration capabilities with existing education technology solutions. The original solicitation deadline was January 8, 2025, at 11:00 AM EST, with questions accepted through December 2, 2024.
This opportunity was designated as a Total Small Business set-aside under the SBIR program, restricting competition to eligible small businesses only. Nine companies were awarded contracts including ObjectiveEd, TrueMark Systems Corp., Project Wayfinder Inc., Sirius Thinking Ltd., Gigantic Mechanic, GaiaXus LLC, Zenobia Therapeutics Inc., Shoonya Digital, and T-Var EdTech Inc. Each awardee received a firm-fixed price contract valued at $250,000 for an 8-month period of performance, totaling $2.25 million across all awards. Successful Phase IB awardees become eligible to submit proposals for Phase II awards worth up to $1 million to fully develop their new components and existing products. The place of performance is Washington, DC, though the awarded companies are distributed across multiple states including Florida, Connecticut, California, New York, Maryland, and Ohio.
Notice text
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Update #2 · Latest ·
Please see attached Solicitation notice - 91990025R0003
Award Notification:
This document notifies all eligible 2025 SBIR Phase IB offerors of an award of the following contracts, from the solicitation #91990025R0003. The period of performance for the contracts is 8 months.
The apparent awardees are the following 9 offerors:
ObjectiveEd
15355 Take Off Place
Wellington, FL 33414
Contract number: 91990025C0078
Firm-Fixed Price: $250,000
TrueMark Systems Corp.
50 Lafayette Pl, Unit APT 2E
Greenwich, CT 06830
Contract number: 91990025C0079
Firm-Fixed Price: $250,000
Project Wayfinder, Inc.
2111 San Pablo Ave.
2876
Berkeley, CA 94702
Contract number: 91990025C0080
Firm-Fixed Price: $250,000
Sirius Thinking, Ltd.
156 East 82nd Street
New York, NY 10028
Contract number: 91990025C0077
Firm-Fixed Price: $250,000
Gigantic Mechanic
313 6th Avenue
#3
Brooklyn, NY 11215
Contract number: 91990025C0088
Firm-Fixed Price: $250,000
GaiaXus LLC
20410 Century Blvd
Suite 120
Germantown, MD 20876
Contract number: 91990025C0081
Firm-Fixed Price: $250,000
Zenobia Therapeutics, Inc.
9265 Activity Road
Suite 104
San Diego, CA 92126
Contract number: 91990025C0082
Firm-Fixed Price: $250,000
Shoonya Digital
5540 Cathedral Oaks
Santa Barbara, CA 93111
Contract number: 91990025C0099
Firm-Fixed Price: $250,000
T-Var EdTech, Inc.
4247 Nafzger Dr.
Columbus, OH 43230
Contract number: 91990025C0098
Firm-Fixed Price: $250,000
Update #1 ·
Please see attached Solicitation notice - 91990025R0003
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| Award Notification - 2025 SBIR Phase IB.docx | DOCX document | |
| 91990025R0003.ResponsestoQuestions.docx | DOCX document | |
| 91990025R0003 SBIR Phase.IB.Final.docx | DOCX document | |
| 91990025R0003 SBIR Phase.IB.Final.pdf |
Notice history
| Notice | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| This notice | Solicitation | |
| Department of Education Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase IB 2025: Pre-Solicitation | Pre-Solicitation |
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