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BPA call 91003121F0331ZEN STRATEGICS LLC

Overview

Award facts

Net obligations
$62.35M
$62,347,572of $62.35M potential value
Outlays (paid to date)
$42.84M
$42.84M paid of $62.35M obligated$42,837,393
Period of performance
Aug 17, 2021 to Feb 21, 2027
Ends in 3 months
Modifications
30
Latest action Aug 26, 2026
Contract type
BPA call
PIID 91003121F0331

Contract value is the most the government could spend; obligations are what it has legally committed; outlays are what it has actually paid.

Description of requirement

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).

Dates and value

Award date
Signed on Aug 17, 2021
Current value
$62,347,572Base and exercised options
Potential value (if all options are exercised)
$62,347,572
Parent contract vehicle
91003121A0021 (BPA, multiple award) — 1 order recorded under it

Obligations by fiscal year of action

  • FY2026: $5,805,167
  • FY2025: $11,140,090
  • FY2024: $20,130,287
  • FY2023: $8,556,012
  • FY2022: $14,099,204
  • FY2021: $2,616,813

Total across 6 fiscal years: $62,347,572

Source: Federal Procurement Data System contract actions as published by SAM.gov and USAspending.gov; latest action recorded Aug 26, 2026. View on USAspending · Recipient on SAM.gov

Recipient

NameZEN STRATEGICS LLC
LocationVIENNA, VA
UEIJL44DV8WBXS6
CAGE code6ANA4
Business sizeSmall businessSize at award, per the contracting officer
Organization typeCorporate not tax exempt
Parent companyZEN STRATEGICS LLC

Business types and certifications

Minority-ownedSelf-certified small disadvantaged businessSBA 8(a) program participantFor-profit organizationLimited liability companyCorporation (not tax-exempt)

Self-reported at the time of the action.

Agency and place

Awarding and funding

Awarded by
  1. Department of Education
  2. FSA ACQUISITIONS OFFICE
Funded by
  1. Department of Education
  2. FEDERAL STUDENT AID
Funded from
Student aid administrationProgram activities091-0202Federal accounts (agency financial reports)

Place of performance

Place of performance
Vienna, Fairfax County, Virginia 22182-1301
Congressional district (place of performance)
VA-11As reported at the time of the action

Classification and competition

Classification

NAICS
541511CUSTOM COMPUTER PROGRAMMING SERVICES
Product or service (PSC)
DJ10IT AND TELECOM - SECURITY AND COMPLIANCE AS A SERVICE (service)

Competition

Extent competed
Full and open competitionA
Solicitation procedures
Subject to multiple award fair opportunityMAFO
Set-aside
Small business set aside - totalSBA
Contract pricing
Firm fixed priceJ
Offers received
13

Contract details

Service Contract Act labor standards
No
Commercial procedures
Commercial products/servicesA
Government-furnished property
Transaction does not use GFE/GFPN
Bundled requirement
Not bundledH
Consolidated requirement
Not consolidatedD
Undefinitized action (terms not final)
No
Performance-based service acquisition
No - service where PBA is not used.N

Transaction history

Modification history

Base award
Aug 17, 2021Base obligation at award: $2,616,813
Latest action
Aug 26, 2026 — Option exercisedModification P00031; obligation change +$5,805,167
Latest substantive action
Aug 26, 2026 — Option exercisedModification P00031; obligation change +$5,805,167
Latest funding action
Dec 21, 2023 — Funding onlyModification P00020; obligation change +$7,573,291; funding only: changes obligations, not scope
Actions by type
  • Base award1
  • Other administrative action20
  • Funding only5
  • Option exercised5
31 actions recorded, Aug 17, 2021 to Aug 26, 2026; each action counted once.

All contract data

All contract data

Every other field reported for this award, as of its latest reported action

Competition

Evaluation preference
No preference used
Local area set-aside
No
Simplified procedures for commercial items
No
A-76 (FAIR Act) action
No

Pricing and financing

Paid by purchase card
No
Latest action: change in base and exercised options
$5,805,167
Latest action: change in base and all options
$5,805,167

Socio-economic and policy

Inherently governmental functions
Other functionsOT
Recovered materials and sustainability
No clauses included and no sustainability includedC
EPA-designated product
Not requiredE
Clinger-Cohen Act planning (IT)
No

Place and origin

Domestic or foreign entity
U.S. owned businessA
Country of product or service origin
United statesUSA
Place of manufacture
Not a manufactured end productC

Structure

Award or IDV
Award
Award type
BPA callA
Parent vehicle type
BPAE
Parent vehicle: multiple or single award
Multiple awardM
Parent vehicle agency
Department of Education9100
IT commercial item category
Commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) itemA
Awarding agency code
9100
Awarding sub-tier code
9100
Contracting office code
910031
Transactions recorded under this award key
31

Funding

Funding agency code
9100
Funding sub-tier code
9100
Funding office code
910055
Treasury accounts
  • 091-2021/2022-0202-000
  • 091-2022/2023-0202-000
  • 091-2023/2024-0202-000
  • 091-2024/2025-0202-000
  • 091-2025/2026-0202-000
Object classes
  • 25.7: Operation and maintenance of equipment
Disaster or emergency funding (DEFC)
  • Q: Not Designated Nonemergency/Emergency/Disaster/Wildfire Suppression