Tennessee Educational Cooperative

Tennessee Educational Cooperative, doing business as Little Tenn Valley Educational Coop, is a U.S. government entity — specifically a county-based local educational cooperative — that receives federal grant funding as a sub-recipient for special-education early-intervention services. The entity is not a federal contract prime and does not hold federal contract vehicles; all recent federal activity consists of sub-awards under state-administered Department of Education grants.

The cooperative serves a single federal customer: the Department of Education Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS). Two of three recent awards in the source data are explicitly connected to the State of Tennessee as the prime grantee. The cooperative's work focuses on the provision of Part C of IDEA early intervention services to children with developmental disabilities and families from birth through five years of age up to the start of the school year. Three sub-awards appear in the source, dated July 1, 2024; August 5, 2025; and August 18, 2026, with combined obligation of $2.8 million across the three-year window. Activity is consistent at one award per year with no growth or decline trajectory visible in the limited sample.

As a local government entity rather than a for-profit or nonprofit vendor, Tennessee Educational Cooperative does not hold SBA certifications, compete under federal contract set-asides, or maintain a commercial prime-contracting posture. The entity's federal footprint is narrowly specialized to IDEA Part C administration within its regional service area, with all work flowing through the State of Tennessee as the primary grant intermediary rather than through direct federal procurement relationships.