Department of Education

Federal agency · 4,541 awards on file · 13 open bids

Awards on file
4,541
Federal contract actions naming this agency
Last 12 months
555
Actions dated in the past year
Median award
$644K
Typical definitive action; ceilings on delivery vehicles are left out
Competition
High
15.6 offers per solicitation on average

What they buy95

Top 25 of 95 NAICS codes by award count
Award values as recorded on definitive contract actions; indefinite-delivery vehicles carry ceilings and are left out, so treat values as indicative, never as a spending total.
541611Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services866$1,511,881,294
541720Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities723$3,741,849,673
541519Other Computer Related Services569$1,441,557,644
611710Educational Support Services409$1,181,851,083
541511Custom Computer Programming Services326$1,067,116,954
541512Computer Systems Design Services245$3,080,083,376
522390Finance and Insurance (NAICS 522390)196$12,840,995,271
511210Software Publishers178$211,819,575
541618Other Management Consulting Services110$151,448,877
518210Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related96$348,769,855
541612Human Resources Consulting Services67$34,859,915
611430Professional and Management Development Training63$9,397,844
561440Collection Agencies59$3,485,833,746
541613Marketing Consulting Services58$61,101,279
561499All Other Business Support Services47$13,854,547
541219Other Accounting Services43$242,200,863
334111Electronic Computer Manufacturing37$10,218,949
522320Finance and Insurance (NAICS 522320)32$424,018,559
541513Computer Facilities Management Services27$188,786,909
541930Translation and Interpretation Services25$13,425,884
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Top vendors25

Most frequent awardees
Award values as recorded on definitive contract actions; indefinite-delivery vehicles carry ceilings and are left out, so treat values as indicative, never as a spending total.
AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH IN THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES131$937,847,656
WESTAT, INC.90$1,480,823,978
CFI GROUP USA, L.L.C.68$5,995,018
MATHEMATICA INC.67$473,084,859
SYNERGY ENTERPRISES, INC66$169,029,217
GROUNDSWELL CORPORATION65$121,087,603
APPLIED ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT CORPORATION64$439,067,386
THE MANHATTAN STRATEGY GROUP LLC54$107,518,489
RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE48$548,290,259
GOVSOLUTIONS, INC.47$8,669,649
CARAHSOFT TECHNOLOGY CORP45$79,744,930
OPTUMSERVE TECHNOLOGY SERVICES, INC.45$144,724,724
LONGEVITY CONSULTING LLC44$20,644,257
ABT GLOBAL LLC44$107,648,296
NELNET SERVICING LLC41$2,877,448,440
PPS INFOTECH LLC39$180,823,723
FM TALENT SOURCE, LLC38$14,521,528
ANLAR, LLC30$39,436,399
COMMAND DECISIONS SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS, INC.28$34,438,628
GREAT LAKES EDUCATIONAL LOAN SERVICES, INC26$1,551,497,720
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Set-aside mix

Small Business86819%
8(a)2385%
8(a)631%
HUBZone431%
SDVOSB371%
WOSB / EDWOSB190%
HZS90%
Small Business60%
WOSB / EDWOSB40%
SDVOSB20%
VSB10%

Awards: 4,541 federal contract actions on file naming Department of Education as the awarding agency, aggregated 2026-10-19. Open bids: 13 active solicitations from the 23,000+ sources we monitor. Contacts come from solicitations we have read; signals from expiring contracts, sources sought, presolicitations and published forecasts. Award values as recorded on definitive contract actions; indefinite-delivery vehicles carry ceilings and are left out, so treat values as indicative, never as a spending total. Sections with nothing in them mean no records in our sources, not that nothing exists.

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