Request for Information: Award Eligibility Determination
Closed Pre-Solicitation Posted
- Solicitation number
- FSA_RFI_AED
- Agency
- Department of Education
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 541519 Other Computer Related Services
- PSC
- Not on record
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Department of Education's Office of Federal Student Aid is seeking information on capabilities to modernize its Central Processing System through the development and implementation of a new Award Eligibility Determination system. The AED system would receive applicant data from the Free Application for Federal Student Aid and other federal systems to calculate Expected Family Contribution and determine federal student aid eligibility. Responses to the Request for Information are due by December 4, 2020 and will be used to inform the agency's planning for this effort.
No set-aside is designated for this pre-solicitation notice. The NAICS code for this procurement is 541511 and the PSC code is D302. As this is an RFI only, there are no identified incumbents or budget ranges provided. The AED system is intended to support the entirety of Federal Student Aid application processing annually, which includes over 40 million customers and $125 billion in annual loan disbursements.
Notice text
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Update #3 · Latest ·
The purpose of this Request for Information (RFI) is to gain information on current industry capabilities for creating and implementing a system that can support, in totality, the processing of Federal Student Aid (FSA) applications.FSA plans to modernize its Central Processing System (CPS), which currently receives information from the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA®) and other federal systems to calculate applicants’ Expected Family Contribution (EFC). FSA will modernize CPS under the Award Eligibility Determination (AED) system, the subject of this RFI.
DISCLAIMER: THIS IS AN RFI ONLY. This Request for Information (RFI) is issued solely for information and planning purposes. It does not constitute a request for proposal (RFP), or a promise to issue a RFP in the future. This RFI does not commit the Government to contract for any supplier service whatsoever. Further, the Government is not at this time seeking proposals and will not accept unsolicited proposals. The information provided in this RFI is subject to change and is not binding Government in any way. The Government has not made a commitment to procure any of the RFI requirements discussed, and release of this RFI should not be construed as such a commitment or authorization to incur costs for which reimbursement would be required or sought. The RFI responders are advised that the Government will not pay for any administrative costs incurred in response to this RFI; all cost associated with responding to this RFI will be solely at the interested parties expense.
9/22/2020 - UPDATE: The due date for responses has been extended to 12:00pm Eastern Standard Time (EST) on Monday, October 5, 2020.
11/03/2020 - UPDATE: Attachment Document Added - The Government (FSA) Responses to Vendor RFI Questions.
Update #2 ·
The purpose of this Request for Information (RFI) is to gain information on current industry capabilities for creating and implementing a system that can support, in totality, the processing of Federal Student Aid (FSA) applications.FSA plans to modernize its Central Processing System (CPS), which currently receives information from the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA®) and other federal systems to calculate applicants’ Expected Family Contribution (EFC). FSA will modernize CPS under the Award Eligibility Determination (AED) system, the subject of this RFI.
DISCLAIMER: THIS IS AN RFI ONLY. This Request for Information (RFI) is issued solely for information and planning purposes. It does not constitute a request for proposal (RFP), or a promise to issue a RFP in the future. This RFI does not commit the Government to contract for any supplier service whatsoever. Further, the Government is not at this time seeking proposals and will not accept unsolicited proposals. The information provided in this RFI is subject to change and is not binding Government in any way. The Government has not made a commitment to procure any of the RFI requirements discussed, and release of this RFI should not be construed as such a commitment or authorization to incur costs for which reimbursement would be required or sought. The RFI responders are advised that the Government will not pay for any administrative costs incurred in response to this RFI; all cost associated with responding to this RFI will be solely at the interested parties expense.
9/22/2020 - UPDATE: The due date for responses has been extended to 12:00pm Eastern Standard Time (EST) on Monday, October 5, 2020.
Update #1 ·
The purpose of this Request for Information (RFI) is to gain information on current industry capabilities for creating and implementing a system that can support, in totality, the processing of Federal Student Aid (FSA) applications.FSA plans to modernize its Central Processing System (CPS), which currently receives information from the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA®) and other federal systems to calculate applicants’ Expected Family Contribution (EFC). FSA will modernize CPS under the Award Eligibility Determination (AED) system, the subject of this RFI.
DISCLAIMER: THIS IS AN RFI ONLY. This Request for Information (RFI) is issued solely for information and planning purposes. It does not constitute a request for proposal (RFP), or a promise to issue a RFP in the future. This RFI does not commit the Government to contract for any supplier service whatsoever. Further, the Government is not at this time seeking proposals and will not accept unsolicited proposals. The information provided in this RFI is subject to change and is not binding Government in any way. The Government has not made a commitment to procure any of the RFI requirements discussed, and release of this RFI should not be construed as such a commitment or authorization to incur costs for which reimbursement would be required or sought. The RFI responders are advised that the Government will not pay for any administrative costs incurred in response to this RFI; all cost associated with responding to this RFI will be solely at the interested parties expense.
Attachments
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| 10 - AED Draft SLAs.xlsx | XLSX spreadsheet | |
| 12 - CPS 101 with FA impacts 09102020.pdf | ||
| 11 - ED CSF Risk Scorecard Overview_July 2020.pdf | ||
| 09 - FSA Current State.pdf | ||
| AED RFI Final.pdf | ||
| 03 - Security Technical Requirements.xlsx | XLSX spreadsheet | |
| 08 - FSA Identity Access Mgt Solution Overview.docx | DOCX document | |
| 05 - Hosting Environments with Approved Agency ATOs.pdf | ||
| 04 - Additional Current State Technical Constraints.xlsx | XLSX spreadsheet | |
| 01 - Award Eligibility Determination Requirements_REVISED PER CE.pdf | ||
| 02 - Pricing Template.xlsx | XLSX spreadsheet | |
| 07 - Hosting Environments w Approved ATOs.pdf | ||
| 06 - FSA NARA Universal Electronic Records Management Requirements v2.03.xlsx | XLSX spreadsheet |
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