Description
The Department of Health and Human Services (Administration for Children and Families) is issuing a sole‑source task order to continue work begun under a prior competitive Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) award (Financing for Early Care and Education Study). The incumbent (NORC) will finalize analysis of existing early‑care and education (ECE) financing data, conduct a follow‑up survey of state administrators, and perform additional data collections with ECE providers. The work leverages unique access to the original survey data (Financing for Early Care and Education State Administrator Survey) and the National Survey of Early Care and Education 2024, both of which are restricted‑access datasets only the incumbent can use without extensive re‑collection. The effort is intended to provide the Office of Early Childhood with actionable insights on how federal and state funding streams (Head Start, CCDF, state pre‑K, etc.) can be coordinated to improve program efficiency, parental access, and child outcomes.
• Sole‑source award justified on economy and efficiency grounds – incumbent has exclusive data access and methodological expertise.
• Tasks include: (1) analysis of existing ECE financing datasets; (2) design and fielding of a follow‑up survey to original respondents; (3) additional data collection from ECE providers; (4) case‑study work on state financing choices.
• Prior related contract (47QRAA‑20D‑001M/140D0422F0154) ran 02/09/2022‑02/08/2027; this follow‑on builds directly on that effort.
• No other vendor identified with comparable data access; switching vendors would require new data collection, adding months of delay and significant cost.
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Contact
Christopher Poulos