U--NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT
Interior (all) · INDIAN EDUCATION ACQUISITION OFFICE
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation DOIAFBO260130 in this department, oldest first.
- Sep 15, 2026 · this noticeSpecial Notice
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
NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITVE PROPOSALS. The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) on behalf of the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) intends to enter into a sole source Firm-Fixed Price contract with Empower Educational Consulting, LLC under the authority of FAR 12.102 (a). BIE Bread Springs Day School has a requirement for Empower Educational Consulting, LLC to provide instructional support and coaching for all academic staff for SY26-27 based upon its Empower Educational Consulting, LLC copyrighted educational material. The anticipated delive… (show all)
ry date will be July 31, 2027. Empower Educational Consulting, LLC has issued a single source letter indicating that there are no authorized providers of this brand-specific requirement. No solicitation is available, and no technical questions will be answered for this requirement. The NAICS code for this acquisition is 611710. The point of contact for this requirement is Charmaine.Williams-James@bie.edu.
Who won similar work
9 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (INDIAN EDUCATION ACQUISITION OFFICE), same product/service code (PSC) U008 and NAICS 611710.
Single-winner award sizes (9): middle half $30K to $68K, median $36K; range $30K to $225K.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| EMPOWER EDUCATIONAL CONSULTING, LLC | 5 | $413K | Sep 15, 2026 |
| WESTED 730 HARRISON ST FL 5 SAN FRANCISCO CA 94107 USA | 2 | $60K | Sep 18, 2025 |
| LINDAMOOD - BELL LEARNING PROCESSES 416 HIGUERA ST San Luis Obispo CA 93401 USA | 1 | $104K | Aug 12, 2025 |
| ABUNDANT FRUIT EDUCATIONAL SERVICES LLC | 1 | $36K | Aug 14, 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.
- Sep 15, 2026EMPOWER EDUCATIONAL CONSULTING, LLC$225KU--EMPOWER EDUCATIONAL CONSULTING SY 26/27
- Sep 19, 2025EMPOWER EDUCATIONAL CONSULTING LLC$60KU--Curriculum Support Services
- Sep 18, 2025WESTED 730 HARRISON ST FL 5 SAN FRANCISCO CA 94107 USA$30KU--PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
- Sep 18, 2025EMPOWER EDUCATIONAL CONSULTING LLC$30KU--Professional Development
- Sep 15, 2025WESTED 730 HARRISON ST FL 5 SAN FRANCISCO CA 94107 USA$30KU--Professional Development
- Aug 14, 2025ABUNDANT FRUIT EDUCATIONAL SERVICES LLC$36KU--Professional Development
- Aug 13, 2025EMPOWER EDUCATIONAL CONSULTING LLC$68KU--PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND CONSULTING
- Aug 12, 2025LINDAMOOD - BELL LEARNING PROCESSES 416 HIGUERA ST San Luis Obispo CA 93401 USA$104KU--Student Assessment
- Aug 4, 2025EMPOWER EDUCATIONAL CONSULTING LLC$30KU--Educational Consultant for Lake Valley Navajo Scho
Competitive landscape
For the 4 most frequent past winners above. Lobbying is matched by the company's exact name or exact ticker; agencies are as named on the filings.
- 0 of these past winners lobbied Interior, Dept of (DOI) since 2024 (0 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Interior, Dept of (DOI) job
- No corporate PAC money from them to the overseeing committees since 2024
- 0 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
- 149 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.
- 0 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 insider buys and 0 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.