Blackboard LLC

Blackboard LLC, headquartered in Reston, Virginia, is a leading educational technology solutions provider that has established itself as a significant vendor in the federal marketplace. The company specializes in delivering comprehensive learning management systems, web conferencing and collaboration platforms, mass notification systems, and related implementation, integration, and support services to federal civilian and defense agencies. As a corporate entity registered with the federal government since June 2001, Blackboard maintains an active SAM.gov registration and serves as a prime contractor across multiple federal agencies, leveraging both direct contract awards and established government vehicles to provide its suite of educational technology products.

Blackboard LLC has secured substantial federal contract awards totaling millions of dollars across diverse agencies and mission types. The company has delivered learning management system implementations to the U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command ($170,655), the U.S. Maritime Administration for self-hosted Blackboard Learn licenses supporting 2,000 active users with analytics and integration frameworks ($745,567), the Bureau of Naval Personnel for educational technology products and services at the Naval Academy ($1,626,235), and the U.S. Coast Guard for customer relationship management software, implementation, and support services ($2,125,474). Additional prime contract awards include consulting services for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration ($35,420), Blackboard Learn subscriptions for the Federal Bureau of Investigation ($350,029), helpdesk services for the Department of Interior's Bureau of Indian Education at Haskell Indian Nations University ($405,999), a learning management system establishment for the Federal Highway Administration ($3,793,138), software subscriptions for the Social Security Administration ($136,658), and a virtual learning environment delivery order with the Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Integrated Service Network 19 ($649,995). The company has also received smaller purchase orders from the Justice Management Division ($10,500 and $14,770) and the Department of State Bureau of the Comptroller and Global Financial Services ($117,016). All of these awards utilize firm fixed-price structures with no set-aside designations, indicating that Blackboard competed broadly in the federal marketplace without small business or other preference considerations. The company additionally serves as a subcontractor to Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC for services work, demonstrating its participation in federal supply chains beyond its prime contracting role.

Blackboard LLC holds a prominent $56 million General Services Administration Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) Federal Supply Schedule contract (47QTCA23D009Y) awarded on June 16, 2023, extending through June 15, 2028. This pre-competed indefinite-delivery vehicle establishes pre-negotiated pricing and labor categories that enable federal civilian and defense agencies to efficiently procure Blackboard's comprehensive educational technology suite without individual competitive procurements. The contract encompasses learning management systems including Blackboard Learn and Moodle platforms, web conferencing and synchronous collaboration tools through Blackboard Collaborate, mass notification and emergency communication systems via Blackboard Connect, and both software-as-a-service and self-hosted hosting solutions. The GSA MAS contract price list includes software licenses, subscriptions, multiple technical and consulting labor categories spanning positions from consultant through technical director levels, training courses, and software maintenance support. As of the documented awards, multiple federal agencies have issued delivery orders against this parent GSA MAS contract, including the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Maritime Administration, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Coast Guard, Bureau of Naval Personnel, and others, with cumulative documented delivery orders totaling approximately $4.7 million. This GSA MAS vehicle has become a strategic conduit for federal agencies seeking to leverage pre-negotiated terms and established vendor relationships for their learning management system, collaboration, and emergency communication technology requirements.