# IES Data Repository and Restricted Use Data (DR-RUD) Program

Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/91990026r0010

- Solicitation number: 91990026R0010
- Notice type: Solicitation
- Status: Awarded to National Opinion Research Center
- Department: Department of Education
- Contracting office: Contracts and Acquistions Managemen (919900)
- NAICS: 518210 Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services
- Product or service code: DH10 Platform delivered as a service for databases and middleware. A distributed platform, application and system integration resources enabling cross application development, communications and information sharing.
- 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: May 7, 2026
- Last posted: May 21, 2026
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/52d4cc64c6354c58b439196c569a01bc/view

## Description

Amendment 1 This amendment to the original RFP posting provides responses to the clarification questions received, an updated Performance Work Statement dated May 21, 2026, and a pricing template. The U.S. Department of Education (ED) intends to award a firm-fixed price contract for the Institute of Education Sciences' (IES) Data Repository and Restricted Use Data Program.

IES seeks contractor support for a computing environment where researchers approved by IES can obtain secure, remote access to approved IES Restricted Use Data (RUD), most notably data from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) and the National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance (NCEE), for approved research projects.This requirement provides assistance with expanding and managing secure, remote access to RUD in alignment with IES’s mission to promote evidence-building, with a focus on improving student outcomes, while meeting IES’s responsibilities to protect confidential information collected for statistical purpose.

Additionally, this requirement supports NCES’s move to a fully digital RUD license program by operating the virtual enclave, overseeing the removal of physical media, and managing key components of the RUD license application process for new users and datasets. More detailed information about this effort is provided in the attached solicitaion and performance work statement.

## Award on USAspending

- Recipient: National Opinion Research Center (UEI MPYFY5UMSDP4)
- Contract: 91990026C0007, definitive contract
- Obligated: $4,048,614.00
- Competition: Full and Open Competition, 6 offers received
- Link: solicitation number 91990026R0010 equals the FPDS solicitation identifier; same awarding office 919900 (high confidence)
- Record: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_91990026C0007_9100_-NONE-_-NONE-/


## Publications

- May 7, 2026: Solicitation, due June 4, 2026 at 12:00 PM EDT. Notice 1f37fab400e74e9095931abf978e2ea6. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/1f37fab400e74e9095931abf978e2ea6/view
- May 21, 2026: Solicitation, due June 4, 2026 at 12:00 PM EDT. Notice 52d4cc64c6354c58b439196c569a01bc. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/52d4cc64c6354c58b439196c569a01bc/view

## Points of contact

- Charles Fields, charles.fields@ed.gov
- Thomas Smith, thomas.smith@ed.gov

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