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Tactile Wins Education Grants Management Support Services (EDGMSS) BPA for the US Department of Education

Philadelphia, PA – (March 11th, 2021) – The Tactile Group, an award-winning software development agency and education services provider, has been awarded the Education Grants Management Support Services (EDGMSS) Blank Purchase Agreement (BPA) from the U.S. Department of Education (ED). Tactile is now part of a small pool of vendors with access to task orders with a $50M ceiling to provide grant management services as well as maintenance, modernization, and enhancement of ED’s IT applications. This BPA will be utilized by multiple offices within the Department including Institute of Education Sciences (IES); Office of English Language Acquisition (OELA); Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE); Office of Finance and Operations (OFO); Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE); Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS); and Office of Career Technical and Adult Education (OCTAE).

ED’s mission is to promote student achievement and preparation for global competitiveness by fostering educational excellence and ensuring equal access. To this end, ED awards more than $46 billion in grants annually to states and local educational agencies, institutions of higher education, community-based organizations, and other eligible entities. The scope of work for this BPA is grants management support services within the context of ED’s decentralized organizational structure.

“We are thrilled to have been selected for the EDGMSS BPA” says Marc Coleman, President and CEO of The Tactile Group. “As many of the activities anticipated under this award will be impacted by complex IT requirements, Tactile will bring our strong experience with large-scale federal technology contracts to provide innovative and compliant solutions for the Department of Education.”

Since 2011, Tactile has been the prime vendor on multiple large multi-year contracts for the U.S. Department of Education and the City of Philadelphia through the development and maintenance of custom technology solutions that serve thousands of users. Other clients include the Philadelphia International Airport, Philadelphia Water Department, Philadelphia Industrial Development Corp (PIDC), the City of Pittsburgh’s EcoInnovation District, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the City of Boston, Philadelphia Gas Works, Rutgers University, and the University of Pennsylvania.

You can learn more about Tactile’s past work via the case studies on their website.

The Tactile Group is a Philadelphia-based full solution digital product development company that has been communicating with technology since 2004.

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