# Department of Education 2024 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase IB Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/91990024r0011 - Solicitation number: 91990024R0011 - Notice type: Presolicitation (first published as solicitation) - Status: Awarded to Storyworld International Corp. - Department: Department of Education - Contracting office: Contracts and Acquistions Managemen (919900) - NAICS: 541720 Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities - Product or service code: AF11 Education, Training, Employment, & Social Svcs R&D Svcs; Education Svcs R&D; Basic Research - Set-aside: Total small business set-aside - 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: January 5, 2024 - Last posted: January 8, 2024 - SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/f52e0daaf7b64921b83b344141f0b4e4/view ## Description **UPDATED 12/4/23:** The Request for Proposal (RFP) has been issued for the 2024 SBIR Phase IB. Key dates are listed below. **1/3/24:** Deadline for all questions related to the RFP which must be submitted via email to Alexander.Lelansky@ed.gov and Cc. David.geary@ed.gov. (recommended to use excel Questions template in attachments section) **1/18/24:** Proposal submission deadline 11am EST and must be submitted via email to Alexander.Lelansky@ed.gov and Cc. David.geary@ed.gov. **4/17/24:** On or before this date, official results email notification to all offerors. **5/1/24:** Start date for awardees. **PRESOLICITATION:** The Institute of Education Sciences (IES) and the U.S. Department of Education (ED) anticipates the release of a 2024 Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR) Phase IB solicitation on or about December 4, 2023. The submission date for Phase IB proposals will be 45 calendar days after release, likely on or about January 18, 2024. The program, known as ED/IES SBIR, provides awards to eligible for-profit businesses and partners for the research and development and evaluation of new, commercially viable education technology products (“products”). The goal of ED/IES SBIR is to grow a portfolio of research-based and commercially viable products that are widely deployed to address pressing needs in education. Small Business firms and partners who possess strong research and development and evaluation capabilities for education technology products in the below priority area are encouraged to participate: **PRIORITY AREA IB:** A New Component to be Added to an Existing Education Technology Prototype of Product for Use by Learners, or Educators or Administrators (or Other School Personnel) The anticipated ED/IES SBIR Phase IB program solicitation #91990024R0011 will invite eligible for-profit small business firms and partners to submit proposals for $250,000 contracts to develop and evaluate a prototype of a new component to be integrated with an existing education technology prototype or product over a period of 8 months. Successful Phase I awardees under the solicitation will be eligible to apply for a Phase II award for $1,000,000 in 2025, to fully develop and evaluate the component and the existing education technology prototype or product over a period of 2 years and to prepare for commercialization. The result from Phase IB and the subsequent Phase II funding under this solicitation will be a new version of an existing education technology product. Other 2024 ED/IES SBIR solicitations: On the same day the Phase IB solicitation is released, ED/IES SBIR also anticipates releasing a Phase IA program solicitation 91990024R0010 requesting proposals for the development a prototype of an entirely new education technology product (where no or limited previous development has occurred) over a period of 8 months. The goal of the Phase IA track is to stimulate novel (e.g., first of its kind) approaches to solve pressing problems in education. In late January 2024, ED/IES SBIR anticipates releasing a Direct to Phase II program solicitation #91990024R0012 for awards of $1,000,000 over a period of 2 years. The due date for Direct to Phase II proposals will be 45 days later, in March, 2024. The Direct to Phase II program solicitation will request proposals for the development of new education technology products to ready existing evidence-based innovations (e.g., products, interventions, tools) for commercial use at scale. Projects that focus on advancing innovations that are not evidence-based will not be eligible for the Direct to Phase II program. The existing evidence-based innovation is required to have originally been conceptualized and developed by an academic researcher while at an academic institution or by a researcher at a non-profit education research organization. **Important Notes:** Offerors will not be permitted to submit the same or similar proposals under the 2024 Phase IA, IB, of the Direct to Phase II solicitations. Any duplicate or similar proposals that are submitted under more than one of these 2024 solicitations will be rejected without review. (Offerors are permitted to submit multiple proposals provided the focus of each proposal is different.) For more information and specifications, please refer to the Phase IA, Phase IB, and Direct to Phase II solicitations after they are released. About the ED/IES SBIR Program The purpose of the SBIR program is to stimulate technological innovation in the private sector, strengthen the role of small business in meeting Department research and development needs, increase the commercial potential of Department-supported research results, and improve the return on investment from Federally-funded research for economic and social benefits to the Nation. Phase I is to determine, insofar as possible, the scientific or technical merit of ideas submitted under the SBIR program. The proposal should concentrate on Research/Research & Development (R/R&D) that will establish the feasibility of the technological approach, a prerequisite for further Department support in Phase II. ED/IES SBIR is a highly competitive program – historically between 5 and 7% of submitted proposals result in a Phase I award, and about 50% of Phase I awardees win a Phase II award the following year. This notice is not a request for proposals at this time. Interested parties should continue to monitor this posting for updates. For more information about the ED/IES SBIR program, please see here: www.ies.ed.gov/sbir Please note that due to an office transition, the primary means of communication with Department personnel should be via email. The listed phone numbers may not be active or may change in the future. ## Award on USAspending - Recipient: Storyworld International Corp. (UEI KZPXGFBMAUJ1) - Contract: 91990024C0008, definitive contract - Obligated: $250,000.00 - Competition: Full and Open Competition After Exclusion of Sources, 114 offers received - Link: solicitation number 91990024R0011 equals the FPDS solicitation identifier; same awarding office 919900 (high confidence) - Record: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_91990024C0008_9100_-NONE-_-NONE-/ - Recipient: Sown to Grow, Inc. (UEI GYZAA15MJKZ5) - Contract: 91990024C0009, definitive contract - Obligated: $250,000.00 - Competition: Full and Open Competition After Exclusion of Sources, 114 offers received - Link: solicitation number 91990024R0011 equals the FPDS solicitation identifier; same awarding office 919900 (high confidence) - Record: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_91990024C0009_9100_-NONE-_-NONE-/ - Recipient: Common Ground Publishing, LLC (UEI GLXRRDTPJMJ6) - Contract: 91990024C0010, definitive contract - Obligated: $250,000.00 - Competition: Full and Open Competition After Exclusion of Sources, 114 offers received - Link: solicitation number 91990024R0011 equals the FPDS solicitation identifier; same awarding office 919900 (high confidence) - Record: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_91990024C0010_9100_-NONE-_-NONE-/ ## Publications - January 5, 2024: Solicitation, due January 18, 2024 at 11:00 AM EST. Notice 44e26000da5e4d33b188b80df8a75fab. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/44e26000da5e4d33b188b80df8a75fab/view - January 6, 2024: Solicitation, due January 18, 2024 at 11:00 AM EST. Notice 62eecd7b6de54d98a010b0623c101c37. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/62eecd7b6de54d98a010b0623c101c37/view - January 8, 2024: Presolicitation, due January 18, 2024 at 11:00 AM EST. Notice f52e0daaf7b64921b83b344141f0b4e4. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/f52e0daaf7b64921b83b344141f0b4e4/view ## Points of contact - Alexander Lelansky, alexander.lelansky@ed.gov - David Geary, david.geary@ed.gov --- Source: SAM.gov Contract Opportunities bulk extract and USAspending.gov award data. Confirm deadlines on SAM.gov before responding. Cite https://abierto.us/opportunities/91990024r0011.