# Alation Licenses

Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/91003125q0020

- Solicitation number: 91003125Q0020
- Notice type: Justification
- Status: Awarded to Merlin International, Inc.
- Department: Department of Education
- Contracting office: FSA Acquisitions Office (910031)
- NAICS: 334111 Electronic Computer Manufacturing
- Product or service code: 7A21 Business Application off-the-shelf software delivered by perpetual license, which also encompasses enterprise level software enabling mission capability and business operational support.
- Place of performance: District of Columbia
- First posted: July 15, 2025
- Last posted: July 15, 2025
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/de72b26a1d894d22aa5b12be2673b7eb/view

## Description

FSA users require direct data access for production activities. Queries are used in a wide variety of FSA activities, including budget planning, the College Scorecard, routine portfolio reporting, and responding to mandates such as the Congressional requests, CARES act and court judgements. NSLDS and EDWA conducted independent research, and both identified Alation as one of the preferred options.

The following teams collaborated on the enterprise requirements; Enterprise Architecture (EA), Next Gen Program Office (NGPO), NSLDS and EDWA collaborated on enterprise requirements. EA compared research findings and provided results in a Verification Market Research Report and conducted supplemental research to close identified gaps. This research confirmed that Alation meets more functional requirements than other possible solutions. The Alation tool offers FSA new capabilities for data and query standardization.

An existing FSA Standard (Oracle SQL Developer) is available to NSLDS analysts for basic querying capabilities at a lower cost, however the Enterprise Review Board (ERB) approved Alation as an FSA Target Standard in September 2020.

## Award on USAspending

- Recipient: Merlin International, Inc. (UEI GDQLRDFJNRD3)
- Contract: 91003125F0029 under NNG15SC17B, delivery order
- Obligated: $356,083.93
- Competition: Full and Open Competition, 1 offers received
- Link: award number 91003125F0029 equals the contract number; same awarding office 910031 (high confidence)
- Record: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_91003125F0029_9100_NNG15SC17B_8000/


## Publications

- July 15, 2025: Justification. Notice de72b26a1d894d22aa5b12be2673b7eb. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/de72b26a1d894d22aa5b12be2673b7eb/view

## Points of contact

- Alicia Butler, alicia.butler@ed.gov
- Elvis Taylor, elvis.taylor@ed.gov

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