The Collier Report of U.S. Government Contracting

Sampling of Federal Government Funding Actions/Set Asides

In order by amount of set aside monies.

• $238,470 - Wednesday the 30th of July 2014
  Education Department
  CONTRACTS AND ACQUISITIONS MANAGEMENT
  IGF::CT::IGF "CRITICAL FUNCTION". THE STATISTICAL STANDARDS PROGRAM (SSP) IN THE OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER PERIODICALLY REQUIRES EXPERT HELP INVOLVING THE SERVICES OF NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED EXPERTS THROUGH WORKING GROUPS FOCUSED ON SPECIFIC STATISTICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL TOPICS. THE NCES STATISTICAL STANDARDS PROGRAM (SSP) PROVIDES METHODOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL SUPPORT TO NCES, AS WELL AS TO FEDERAL AND NONFEDERAL ORGANIZATIONS THAT ENGAGE IN STATISTICAL WORK IN SUPPORT OF NCES'S MISSION. SSP TAKES THE LEAD IN DEVELOPING AND MAINTAINING THE STATISTICAL AND SURVEY METHODOLOGY STANDARDS THAT ENSURE THE QUALITY OF STATISTICAL SURVEYS, ANALYSES AND PRODUCTS (2002 NCES STATISTICAL STANDARDS); CONSULTS AND ADVISES ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF STANDARDS FOR ALL NCES PROJECTS; CONDUCTS INTERNAL TECHNICAL REVIEWS FOR ALL NCES PUBLICATIONS AND PRODUCTS (SEE THE NCES ELECTRONIC PUBLICATION CATALOG AT HTTP://NCES.ED.GOV/PUBSEARCH/ FOR EXAMPLES OF EXISTING NCES PUBLICATIONS AND PRODUCTS); AND COORDINATES THE REVISION OF THE NCES STATISTICAL STANDARDS. SSP ALSO MONITORS AND ADMINISTERS CONFIDENTIALITY PROCEDURES (SEE HTTP://NCES.ED.GOV/STATPROG/CONFPROC.ASP FOR INFORMATION ON THE NCES CONFIDENTIALITY PROGRAM) AND RELATED RESTRICTED-USE DATA LICENSES (SEE HTTP://NCES.ED.GOV/STATPROG/INSTRUCT.ASP FOR INFORMATION ON THE LICENSING PROCESS) FOR NCES DATA PRODUCTS. IN ADDITION, SSP CONSULTS AND ADVISES ON EMERGING STATISTICAL ISSUES AND INITIATES, MONITORS OR PARTICIPATES IN LONG-TERM STATISTICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL RESEARCH PROJECTS.

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• $227,967 - Friday the 10th of July 2015
  Education Department
  CONTRACTS AND ACQUISITIONS MANAGEMENT
  IGF::CT::IGF "CRITICAL FUNCTIONS" THE COMPARATIVE WAGE INDEX IS A STATISTICAL MEASURE DEVELOPED BY THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR EDUCATION STATISTICS (NCES) FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAKING ADJUSTMENTS TO EDUCATIONAL EXPENDITURES BASED ON WAGE DIFFERENCES AMONG LABOR MARKETS IN VARIOUS GEOGRAPHIES ACROSS THE NATION. NCES LAST PUBLISHED THESE INDEXES IN 2007 FOR YEARS 1997 THROUGH 2005. DETAILED BACKGROUND DOCUMENTATION ON THE CWI CAN BE FOUND HERE: HTTP://NCES.ED.GOV/EDFIN/ADJUSTMENTS.ASP. NCES IS DEVELOPING A REVISED WAGE INDEX PRODUCT TO REPLACE THE OLD CWI WITH MORE ROBUST MEASURES THAT ARE COMPUTED FROM MORE CURRENT DATASETS THAT WERE NOT PREVIOUSLY AVAILABLE. IN 2011 NCES CONVENED A TECHNICAL EXPERT PANEL (TEP) THROUGH THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STATISTICAL SCIENCES TO REVIEW AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE METHODOLOGY OF THE NCES COMPARATIVE WAGE INDEX (CWI). IN AUGUST, NISS DELIVERED A DRAFT REPORT TO NCES THAT OUTLINED THE TEP S RECOMMENDATIONS. THE REVISED WAGE INDEX PRODUCT WILL BE DEVELOPED INITIALLY AS A RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (R&D) PRODUCT USING THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE TECHNICAL EXPERT PANEL AND THE PUBLIC USE FILES FOR THE AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY (ACS). IN ADDITION, THE CONTRACTOR AWARDED THIS TASK WILL PERFORM FURTHER RESEARCH TO ADDRESS THE OPERATIONAL FEASIBILITY OF THE TEP S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR USING THE ACS RESTRICTED USE DATA TO COMPUTE A REVISED WAGE INDEX AND ANY REMAINING METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES NOT ADDRESSED BY THE TEP. THIS CONTRACT SHALL PROVIDE SUPPORT TO NCES TO FIRST DEVELOP AN R&D STATISTICAL PRODUCT USING PUBLICLY AVAILABLE DATA FROM THE ACS TO COMPUTE A REVISED WAGE INDEX. NEXT, THE REVISED WAGE INDEX WILL BE COMPUTED USING RESTRICTED USE ACS DATA. ISSUES SUCH AS PERIODICITY AND LEVEL OF GEOGRAPHIC DETAIL WILL BE EVALUATED USING THE TWO SETS OF ACS DATA. THIS PROJECT WILL BE USED AS THE BASIS FOR IMPLEMENTING A STANDARD DATA PRODUCT THAT WILL BE PUBLISHED ON A RECURRING AND TIMELY BASIS.

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• $147,308 - Wednesday the 30th of July 2014
  Education Department
  CONTRACTS AND ACQUISITIONS MANAGEMENT
  IGF::CT::IGF "CRITICAL FUNCTIONS" THE PURPOSE OF THIS MODIFICATION IS TO ISSUE A CHANGE ORDER TO ADD ADDITIONAL WORK TO CONTRACT NUMBER ED-IES-12-D-0003/0001. THE STATISTICAL STANDARDS PROGRAM (SSP) IN THE OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER PERIODICALLY REQUIRES EXPERT HELP INVOLVING THE SERVICES OF NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED EXPERTS THROUGH WORKING GROUPS FOCUSED ON SPECIFIC STATISTICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL TOPICS. THE NCES STATISTICAL STANDARDS PROGRAM (SSP) PROVIDES METHODOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL SUPPORT TO NCES, AS WELL AS TO FEDERAL AND NONFEDERAL ORGANIZATIONS THAT ENGAGE IN STATISTICAL WORK IN SUPPORT OF NCES'S MISSION.

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• $10,000 - Wednesday the 19th of September 2012
  Energy Department
  HEADQUARTERS PROCUREMENT SERVICES
  THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE). ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION (EIA), ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR OF ENERGY STATISTICS (AAES), OFFICE OF SURVEY DEVELOPMENT&STATISTICAL INTEGRATION (SDSI), WASHINGTON, DC, MEMBERSHIP TO THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STATISTICAL SCIENCES (NISS) 2012 AFFILIATES PROGRAM.

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• $10,000 - Wednesday the 9th of May 2012
  Education Department
  CONTRACTS AND ACQUISITIONS MANAGEMENT
  RENEWAL OF ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP IN THE NISS AFFILIATES PROGRAM

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• $10,000 - Thursday the 26th of July 2012
  Bureau Of Labor Statistics
  BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS PURCHASING
  DATA COLLECTION MEMBERSHIP RNEWAL

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• $10,000 - Thursday the 6th of August 2015
  Centers For Disease Control And Prevention
  DEPT OF HHS/CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL
  IGF::OT::IGF MEMBERSHIP FOR NISS GOVERNMENT AFFLILIATES PROGRAM FOR ONE YEAR

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