The Department of War Education Activity (DoWEA) is conducting market research on a commercial-off-the-shelf, Super Intelligence-enabled educational support solution for grades 3–8, serving about 30,200 students and 6,000 educators across CONUS and OCONUS locations. The solution must cover student-facing SI tutoring with safeguards and accessibility, teacher-facing SI instructional assistance with approval-gated grading and oversight dashboards, family/community engagement resources, regional professional learning, and ongoing efficacy evaluation. Compliance requirements include FedRAMP Level 2 equivalency, integrations with Schoology, Aspen, and ClassLink, FERPA/COPPA/NIST and DoWEA AI policy adherence, U.S. citizen/U.S. person personnel for PII/CUI access, TLS/AES-256 encryption, and U.S. data-center hosting. Non-bid timelines include four 1-hour synchronous regional training webinars within the first 90 days and semiannual improvement reports due every January and July, plus support for up to two annual DoWEA conferences. Interested small businesses are asked to provide a capability statement and a non-binding ROM cost estimate for planning purposes.

DoWEA is conducting market research via a Sources Sought notice—not a solicitation or RFP—to assess qualified small businesses’ ability to provide an enterprise-scale COTS Super Intelligence-enabled educational support solution for grades 3–8 (about 30,200 students and 6,000 educators) across CONUS and OCONUS locations. Core scope includes a student-facing SI learning assistant with pedagogical safeguards, accessibility, and standards alignment; a teacher-facing assistant with approval-gated grading and an oversight dashboard; and student, parent, and community engagement resources. The contractor would also deliver regional role-based professional learning, including four 1-hour synchronous webinars across the Americas, Europe, and Pacific within the first 90 days, train-the-trainer libraries, virtual support for up to two annual DoWEA conferences, and semiannual improvement reports due every January and July. The solution must meet FedRAMP Level 2 equivalency, integrate with Schoology, Aspen, and ClassLink/SSO using OAuth 2.0, SAML, LTI, OneRoster, and REST APIs, comply with FERPA, COPPA, NIST SP 800-53/122, and DoWEA AI 6600.01, use TLS/AES-256 encryption with U.S. data-center hosting, and ensure all personnel with PII/CUI access are U.S. citizens or U.S. persons. Interested vendors should provide a capability statement (maximum 10 pages) and a non-binding ROM cost estimate; small business, 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, and WOSB participation is sought, and active SAM registration is required for eligibility.