Konrad Zinta

Konrad Zinta is a woman-owned small business registered as a sole proprietorship in the System for Award Management (SAM.gov) since February 10, 2016. The entity specializes in providing peer review services for various international education programs administered by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education. Since 2016, Konrad Zinta has consistently received federal contract awards in the form of purchase orders to support the evaluation processes of multiple grant programs focused on international studies, foreign language education, and cultural exchange initiatives.

The federal contract awards received by Konrad Zinta primarily involve honorarium payments for serving as a field reader or peer reviewer for numerous prestigious programs. These include the Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad (GPA), International Research and Studies (IRS) Program, Language Resource Centers (LRC) Program, National Resource Centers & Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowships Programs, Business and International Education Program, Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA) Program, Fulbright-Hays Seminars Abroad Program, Undergraduate International Studies and Foreign Language Program, and American Overseas Research Centers Program. The contract values typically range from $900 to $1,300 per review, with most awards falling between $1,000 and $1,200. All of these contracts have been awarded by the Office of Postsecondary Education, a civilian agency within the Department of Education. Notably, none of the contracts have utilized set-aside designations, indicating that Konrad Zinta has competed successfully for these opportunities without the benefit of small business set-asides.