DoWEA- Super Intelligence (SI) Education Support Solution

Updated Oct 30, 2026

Sources Sought from the Department of Defense Education Activity (DODEA), for work in Virginia. Due Nov 3, 2026, 11:00 AM (UTC-5), 4 days left.

Bid documents (3)

• 27XXXX Performance Work Statement DraftOnly 417 KB
• ROM 16 KB
• Technical Acceptability Checklist 347 KB

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Federal prevailing wage rates for this place: Virginia Davis-Bacon and SCA wage determinations.

Description

1.Disclaimer The Department of War Education Activity (DoWEA) issuing this Sources Sought in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 10 to conduct market research. This Sources Sought Notice is issued solely for information and planning purposes. This is not a solicitation or Request for Proposal (RFP).

This notice does not commit the Government to issue a solicitation or award a contract. The Government will not pay for any information submitted in response to this notice. The purpose of this notice is to determine the availability and capability of qualified small business concerns to provide a commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) Super Intelligence (SI)-enabled educational support solution supporting DoWEA operations in Continental United States (CONUS) and Outside the Continental United States (OCONUS) locations.

Please note that vendors are required to be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database at the time an offer/quotation/proposal is due to comply with the annual representations and certifications requirements. Therefore, only businesses with an active SAM registration will be eligible to receive any resultant contract(s) with the Department of War Education Activity.

2.Background DoWEA requires an enterprise-scale, COTS Super Intelligence (SI)-enabled educational support solution for grades 3-8—covering approximately 30,200 students and 6,000 educators—to measurably improve student learning outcomes and engagement while significantly reducing teacher preparation and administrative workloads. 3. Scope (Draft) The contractor shall provide a highly configurable, standards-aligned SI educational support solution across the following core functional areas: Task 1: Student-Facing SI Learning Assistant (Student Assistant) Pedagogical Design: Evidence-based SI tutoring utilizing scaffolded learning supports to guide students toward answers without direct generation of solutions.

Feedback: Adaptive, real-time feedback dynamically linked to individual student mastery criteria. Overreliance Safeguards: Configurable session limits and system guardrails preventing wholesale answer generation for graded assignments. Standards Alignment: Real-time, dynamic alignment with DoWEA's Curriculum Standards.

Safety & Persona Rules: Enforced age-appropriate content controls. The system shall not adopt names, conversational personas, romantic/companion behaviors, or humanlike characteristics. Accessibility: Full compliance with WCAG 2.2 Level AA and Section 508.

Access Control: Teacher-gated/assignment-gated usage control modes. Task 2: Teacher-Facing SI Instructional Assistant (Teacher Assistant) Approval-Gated Feedback: Grade and score releases are strictly restricted to manual, explicit teacher verification (digital signature, click, or toggle). Oversight Dashboard: Real-time visibility (?

5s latency) of student usage patterns, misconceptions, overreliance flags, and student safety alerts. Instructional & Assessment Drafts: Dynamic generation of editable standards-aligned lesson plans, rubrics, quizzes, and parent newsletters. Content Library & Uploads: Curated repositories of prompt templates alongside frictionless, active-tab upload functionality.

Interactive Student View: Built-in simulation toggle allowing teachers to model the interface to students. Task 3: Student, Parent, and Community Engagement Features Plain-language transparency notices detailing system strengths, limitations, and the role of human oversight. Staff- and family-facing privacy protection guides addressing student data storage and explicit prohibitions on the commercial use of student data.

Orientation resources customized for digital citizenship, ethical use, and responsible learning support at home. Task 4: Professional Learning (PL) Delivery of regional role-based training (including four 1-hour synchronous webinars across Americas, Europe, and Pacific within the first 90 days). Train-the-trainer self-directed and facilitator-led micro-learning libraries (slides, handouts, guides).

Virtual conference support for up to two annual DoWEA-sponsored conferences. Task 5: Efficacy Evaluation and Continuous Improvement Periodic measurements of student learning indicators, engagement, and teacher time savings. Collaboration with independent evaluators, including secure delivery of fully de-identified data extracts.

Submission of Semiannual Improvement Reports (due every January and July). 4. System Integration & Compliance Constraints Security & Cloud Vetting: Solution must satisfy FedRAMP Level 2 standard equivalency.

Data & SSO Integrations: Seamless interoperability with Schoology (LMS), Aspen (SIS), and Single Sign-On via ClassLink using industry standards (OAuth 2.0, SAML, LTI, OneRoster, and RESTful APIs). Strict Security & Privacy Policies: Full compliance with FERPA, COPPA, NIST SP 800-53, NIST SP 800-122, and DoWEA AI 6600.01. Personnel Citizenship: 100% of personnel (including third-party PEN and security testers) with access or potential access to DoWEA PII or CUI must be U.S. Citizens or U.S. Persons.

Encryption Standards: All data secured with TLS encryption in transit and AES-256 at rest. Secure database hosting strictly in United States data centers. 5.

Potential NAICS Code The Government is considering the following NAICS codes: 513210 – Software Publishers (formerly 511210) 6. Contract Characteristics (Estimated) Enterprise-Scale Solution: Globally dispersed user base. Strict Performance Metrics: High-stakes AQLs (e.g., zero unauthorized grading/feedback releases, zero guardrail bypasses).

Potential Contract Type: TBD (e.g., FFP, hybrid, or task order) evaluated under Best Value Trade-Off factors (Technical, Past Performance, Price). 7. Small Business Participation The Government is particularly interested in responses from: Small Business concerns 8(a) Small Business HUBZone Small Business Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) Woman-Owned Small Business (WOSB) 8.

The description continues in the official notice.

Contracting contact

• Karin Werner · [email protected]
• Jiabao Peng · [email protected]

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Is your business small enough?

For NAICS 513210, a business counts as small if it has no more than $47.0 million in average annual receipts (SBA size standard, with exceptions in the notes). This notice is set aside, so only businesses under that size, or in the named program, can bid. SBA table, current as of Oct 15, 2026.

Notice history

• Oct 29, 2026: Sources Sought Due Nov 3, 2026, 11:00 AM (UTC-5)

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