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$56,542,405

Department of Education·Department of Education

to ZEN STRATEGICS LLC

intelligenceactiveONGOING · MOD OF 2021 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2021-08-17·LATEST ACTION2026-04-10·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_91003121F0331_9100_91003121A0021_9100
Award description

THE PURPOSE OF THIS BLANKET PURCHASE AGREEMENT (BPA) CALL ORDER IS TO PROVIDE THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (DOED) FEDERAL STUDENT AID (FSA) WITH CYBERSECURITY OPERATIONS SUPPORT TO THE DOED ENTERPRISE CYBERSECURITY GROUP (ESG).

Verbatim from USAspending.gov. Capitalization, abbreviations, and codes are unchanged.

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What the model surfaced from this award

Confidence: high
In plain English

Provide cybersecurity operations support to the Department of Education's Federal Student Aid enterprise cybersecurity group.

Sub-sectors
cybersecurity-operationsfederal-enterprise-securityfsa-infrastructure
Why this matters

Protects sensitive student financial data and federal education infrastructure from cyber threats and breaches.

Supply-chain signal

Indicates demand for managed cybersecurity services and SOC (Security Operations Center) capabilities supporting federal civilian agencies.

U.S.–China competition angle

Reflects U.S. investment in defensive cybersecurity against state-sponsored intrusions targeting federal education and financial systems.

Generated by award_classification v2.0.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-15. Cost: $0.002172.

Period of performance
Start
2021-08-17
End
2026-08-22
Status
activein 95 days
Sources

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