Regional Educational Laboratory Program 2027 2031 Tender - 132415119

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Country: USA

Summary: Regional Educational Laboratory Program 2027 2031 Cycle

Deadline: 08 Jan 2026

Posting Date: 20 Dec 2025

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Notice Type: Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 132415119

Document Ref. No.: REL-CYCLE2027

Financier: Self Financed

Purchaser Ownership: Public

Tender Value: Refer Document

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The U.S. Department of Education (the Department) is conducting market research to determine if sufficient interest and capability exist in the marketplace for the Regional Educational Laboratory Program, 2027-2031 Cycle. This notice is NOT a request for proposals but is an invitation for potential offerors to express interest and provide information regarding their relevant knowledge, skills, and capabilities. Information submitted in response to this Sources Sought Notice may be used to assist the Department in finalizing its acquisition strategy.

The U.S. Department of Education (the Department) intends to award 60-month contracts to qualified entities to serve as the Regional Educational Laboratory (REL) for up to 10 REL regions. These contracts are planned to be firm fixed price with cost-reimbursable travel restricted to a percentage of the overall contract value. See Appendix A for the names of the regions and their constituent states or jurisdictions. Each individual REL will be part of a program of 10 RELs authorized under the Education Sciences Reform Act (ESRA) of 2002, Part D, Section 174 (20 U.S.C. 9564). The REL Program is administered by the National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance (NCEE) at the Institute of Education Sciences (IES)[1] in the US Department of Education (the Department).

REL personnel shall include researchers with significant and demonstrated scholarly expertise in content areas and methodologies relevant to the work the REL undertakes as well as practitioners who have significant experience teaching and leading professional development in those content areas. RELs shall develop a team that includes experts of several types, listed below:



Content experts who possess a broad and deep perspective on what is known and what still is not settled in a research field. They enable the REL to frame important research questions and Training, Coaching, and Technical Support (TCTS) activities so that they bo...
Notice ID: rel-cycle2027
Department/Ind. Agency: education, department of
Sub-tier: education, department of
Office: institute of education sciences
Product Service Code: r499 - support- professional: other
NAICS Code: 541720 - Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities
Inactive Dates: jan 23, 2026
Inactive Policy: 15 days after response date

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