What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) Online Study Review Guide (OSRG)
Education · CONTRACTS AND ACQUISTIONS MANAGEMENT
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 4701 in this department, oldest first.
- Oct 19, 2026 · this noticeSources Sought
Next steps for this stage
Standard steps for the notice type; not advice about this buyer.
- Answer the notice: this is when the requirement can still be shaped.
- Contact the contracting officer named on the notice.
- Check who won similar work; they are the likely bidders.
What the notice says
The U.S. Department of Education (the Department) is conducting market research to provide a demonstration of the recommended commercial software if the government thinks would be of benefit in describing the needed characteristics in the requirement for the future solicitation. This notice is NOT a request for quotes but is an invitation for potential offerors to express interest and provide information regarding their relevant knowledge, skills, and capabilities. The Department is seeking to gain suitable Market Research for the WWC OSRG. Information submitted in response to this Sources Sou… (show all)
ght Notice may be used to assist the Department in finalizing its acquisition strategy. DISCLAIMER: The Department will not pay for the provision of any information, nor will it compensate any respondents for providing this information. This notice in no way obligates the Government to award any contract to any interested party. Feedback will not be provided to any interested party who submits information to the Department in response to this notice. PLEASE NOTE: All information contained in this notice is preliminary in nature and subject to change. This notice is issued solely for information and planning purposes and does not constitute a Request for Proposals (RFP), Request for Quotations (RFQ), Invitation for Bids (IFB), or a commitment on the part of the Government to conduct a solicitation in the future. All information provided is strictly voluntary and no reimbursement will be made by the Government for any costs associated with providing a response to this notice or otherwise participating in market research activities. Further, the U.S. Department of Education offers no assurance that a solicitation will result from this notice. BACKGROUND: The Institute of Education Sciences (referred to as �the government�) desires a commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) alternative to the What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) Online Study Review Guide (OSRG; see �Information About the OSRG� below). The OSRG is a web-based tool that captures data; computes summary statistics; outputs the results of individual study reviews and metanalytic syntheses; and manages workflows associated with government contractors� reviews of academic journal articles against the What Works Clearinghouse standards (see �WWC Standards and Procedures� below). The OSRG is critical to the work of, and is currently maintained by, the government�s WWC contractor (see �Prior Task Order 4 PWS� below). RESOURCES: Information about the OSRG: https://youtu.be/W99s8RlNXis https://youtu.be/HT6qkZzpjAw https://youtu.be/x3Jy0GaLYf0 WWC Standards and Procedures https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/WWC/Handbooks Prior Task Order 4 PWS (Attachment 1 TOAST TO4 PWS)
Who won similar work
18 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Education), any industry: a loose match.
Loose match: same agency, any industry. Read the titles before treating these as competitors.
Single-winner award sizes (18): middle half $504K to $4.9M, median $2.1M; range $31K to $936.7M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| PPS INFOTECH LLC | 4 | $8.4M | Sep 16, 2026 |
| See attachment Washington DC USA | 2 | $500K | Sep 30, 2026 |
| ACCENTURE FEDERAL SERVICES LLC · $ACN · $74.2B | 1 | $936.7M | Aug 6, 2025 |
| GOLDSCHMITT-CRI-2, LLC | 1 | $247.4M | Mar 25, 2025 |
| EDUCATIONAL COMPUTER SYSTEMS, INC. | 1 | $9.4M | Aug 6, 2025 |
| CFI GROUP USA, L.L.C. | 1 | $6.0M | Oct 14, 2026 |
| Celiture, LLC | 1 | $4.9M | Apr 10, 2026 |
| Collabralink Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $4.0M | Jun 26, 2025 |
| LERNER COMMUNICATIONS, LLC | 1 | $3.3M | Aug 27, 2026 |
| LPE-Strategies LLC | 1 | $2.0M | Sep 25, 2025 |
Value counts single-winner awards. "Shared" awards are multiple-award contracts that list every winner with the same total ceiling; that ceiling is not one company's win, so it is not added in. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's last annual revenue from its 10-K.
- $ACN reported $74.2B revenue (fiscal year ending Aug 31, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 18 past awards, $2.1M, is under 0.1% of that. SEC filing
One award's total value against one year of revenue; many awards are paid over several years.
- Oct 14, 2026CFI GROUP USA, L.L.C.$6.0MCustomer Service SurveyNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 30, 2026See attachment Washington DC USA$250KDepartment of Education Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase IB 2026: SolicitationNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 30, 2026See attachment Washington DC USA$250KDepartment of Education Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase IA 2026: SolicitationNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 30, 2026Altitut LLC$1.0MDepartment of Education Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Direct to Phase II 2026: SolicitationNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 16, 2026PPS INFOTECH LLC$661KEnterprise Service Bus (ESB) Sole Source Bridge Task OrderNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 16, 2026PPS INFOTECH LLC$778KIntegrated Technical Architecture (ITA) Sole Source Bridge Task OrderNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Aug 27, 2026LERNER COMMUNICATIONS, LLC$3.3MAward Notice: Strategic Communications Services for the National Assessment Governing Board - RFQ 91995926Q0010No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jul 21, 2026FULTONST1 LLC$452KDancker Furniture RelocationNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Apr 10, 2026Celiture, LLC$4.9MCommon Manual InitiativeNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Feb 2, 2026Newland USA Corporation$38KMarch 2026 National Assessment Governing Board Meeting - Houston, TexasNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
Competitive landscape
For the 8 most frequent past winners above. Lobbying is matched by the company's exact name or exact ticker; agencies are as named on the filings.
- 1 of these past winners lobbied Education, Dept of since 2024 (10 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Education, Dept of job
- $9K from their corporate PACs since 2024 to members of House Committee on Appropriations, House Committee on Education and Workforce, Senate Committee on Appropriations, Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
- 1 foreign-agent (FARA) registrations
Policy around it
Bills the past winners named while lobbying this agency's issues, rules from the department, and executive orders that name the agency, last 12 months.
- 0 bills named on the past winners' lobbying filings
- 34 rules from the department in the last 12 months
- 0 executive orders naming the agency in the last 12 months
Market
For past winners matched exactly to a listed company. Insider trades are open-market buys and sells (Form 4) in the last 90 days, shown as facts; our own study found insiders do not reliably buy ahead of awards. A sale marked 10b5-1 was made under a trading plan set up in advance.
- 1 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 insider buys and 3 insider sells at them in the last 90 days
Sources: SAM.gov notices and award notices; Senate LDA lobbying filings; FEC filings; FARA; Federal Register; congress.gov; SEC Form 4. Every row above links to its record.
Companies are matched to tickers by exact name only. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.