NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE: Follow-on of the Application and Eligibility Determination System (AEDS) contract

The Award Eligibility Determination System (AEDS) contract has limited scope as the contract prepares for contract closeout. The contractor is operating and maintaining Participation Management, an enrollment system for schools and other partners to access FSA’s systems and exchange information with FSA through the Student Aid Internet Gateway (SAIG) until the replacement Partner Role Management (PartnerConnect 3.0) is released. The contract also maintains the Central Processing System (CPS) Mainframe so General Dynamics One Source (GDOS) can access data for the 2023-2024 End of Year reporting and the 2023-2024 IRS Statistical Study. The AEDS services and products will need to continue until PartnerConnect 3.0 is released and the CPS is decommissioned, and closeout activities performed.

Federal Student Aid (FSA) intends to award a new contract to the incumbent contractor for AEDS for 6 months which includes 4 months of PM Operations & Maintenance and an additional two (2) months to complete decommissioning/closeout. The new award will be a fixed-price non-competitive contract with the incumbent, GDOS located at 3150 Fairview Park Drive, Falls Church, VA 22042 for Participation Management and CPS/SAIG Help Desk (Participation Management calls) support, continued CPS maintenance during that six-month period, and the decommissioning of all AEDS products, systems, and services. The new contract will ensure that there are no disruptions to partner enrollment support, 2023-2024 reports are delivered, and the AEDS systems, services, and products are successfully retired.

A determination by the government not to compete the proposed acquisition based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining competitiveness of future procurements.

Vendor comments or capability statements should be submitted to the Contracting Officer at Carolyn.Dickens@ed.gov with a copy to DeBrian.Holmes@ed.gov no later than 11:00am Eastern Daylight Time on Thursday, March 27, 2025 will be considered by the government. The approved Justification for Other Than Full and Open Competition will be posted on SAM.gov within 14 days after the award.