# PIMS Peer Review

Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/16pbgc25q0067

- Solicitation number: 16PBGC25Q0067
- Notice type: Combined synopsis and solicitation
- Status: Awarded to Athena Consulting LLC
- Department: Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
- Contracting office: Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp (16PBGC)
- NAICS: 541990 All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Product or service code: B599 Other Special Studies and Analysis
- Place of performance: Washington, District of Columbia
- County: District of Columbia (FIPS 11001). https://abierto.us/counties/district-of-columbia-dc-11001
- City: Washington. https://abierto.us/cities/washington-dc-1150000
- First posted: July 22, 2025
- Last posted: July 30, 2025
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/daa11994734048d5a9f8791c6106847c/view

## Description

Updated to provide the Government's Responses to Industry Questions. PBGC' Board is seeking a qualified Contractor to perform a targeted peer review of the assumptions and methods used by the Pension Insurance Modeling System (PIMS) models to project pension plan contributions.

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial products or commercial services prepared in accordance with the format in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotations are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. This is a Request for Quotation issued IAW FAR part 13 in conjunction with FAR part 12. The solicitation number is 16PBGC25Q0067.

The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circuluar 2025-04. The applicable NAICS code is 541990 with a size standard of $19.5 million. This solicitation is not issued as a small business set-aside.

The price schedule, description of work, period of performance, instructions, evaluation criteria, clauses, provisions, due date, and the Government's responses to industry's questions to the draft RFQ are contained in the documents attached to this announcement.

## Award on USAspending

- Recipient: Athena Consulting LLC (UEI VLVEHFB48MN8)
- Contract: 16PBGC25P0067, purchase order
- Obligated: $226,000.00
- Competition: Competed Under SAP, 3 offers received
- Link: solicitation number 16PBGC25Q0067 equals the FPDS solicitation identifier; same awarding office 16PBGC (high confidence)
- Record: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_16PBGC25P0067_1665_-NONE-_-NONE-/


## Publications

- July 22, 2025: Combined synopsis and solicitation, due July 28, 2025 at 11:00 AM EDT. Notice e32208de8b1948b18ab0579ad1e19dfe. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/e32208de8b1948b18ab0579ad1e19dfe/view
- July 25, 2025: Combined synopsis and solicitation, due August 5, 2025 at 10:00 AM EDT. Notice becd7e8b46324e6d9cd26e99b8b816e2. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/becd7e8b46324e6d9cd26e99b8b816e2/view
- July 25, 2025: Combined synopsis and solicitation, due August 5, 2025 at 10:00 AM EDT. Notice ffde5a4869164c259e3ff616544bd830. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/ffde5a4869164c259e3ff616544bd830/view
- July 30, 2025: Combined synopsis and solicitation, due August 5, 2025 at 10:00 AM EDT. Notice daa11994734048d5a9f8791c6106847c. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/daa11994734048d5a9f8791c6106847c/view

## Points of contact

- Sierra Villanueva, villanueva.sierra@pbgc.gov

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